The Trusted Standard in Research, Ethics, Compliance, and Safety Training

The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) is dedicated to serving the training needs of colleges and universities, healthcare institutions, technology and research organizations, and governmental agencies, as they foster integrity and professional advancement of their learners.

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Celebrating 24 Years of Serving Education and Science Communities
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95% of Carnegie R1 Research Universities are 10+ year subscribers
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Utilized by the Top-25 Ranked U.S. Hospitals
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Over 15 Million Learners with 25+ Million Course Completions
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Utilized by the Top-25 Best National Universities*


Explore Our Featured Courses

Summit: Participant Retention Summit: Participant Retention
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Provides learners with practical tools for retaining research participants.

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Focus Group Interviews: Adding Perspective Through Qualitative Research (FGI) Focus Group Interviews: Adding Perspective Through Qualitative Research (FGI)
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This course provides essential techniques to effectively gather valuable insights through focus group interviews.

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UVA: Telehealth for Managing Pathogens in Hospital Settings UVA: Telehealth for Managing Pathogens in Hospital Settings
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Provides information on how to adopt and integrate telehealth or telemedicine technologies used to care for patients hospitalized with a highly infectious pathogen.

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Clinical Research Associate (CRA) Clinical Research Associate (CRA)
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This role-based course provides the practical know-how to monitor clinical research sites effectively.

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Social Media Research Social Media Research
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Take a deep dive into social media research, including ethical issues to consider during the research lifecycle.

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Medical Residents and Fellows: Basic Principles of Research Medical Residents and Fellows: Basic Principles of Research
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Foundational overview of clinical research meant to prepare medical residents and fellows to conduct their own research and work on research teams.

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Summit: Clinical Research Laboratory Summit: Clinical Research Laboratory
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Details the operational requirements for clinical research laboratories.

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Advanced Research Administration Advanced Research Administration
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An in-depth review of advanced topics important to research administrators.

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3Rs Certificate Course 3Rs Certificate Course
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Introduces you to key information about, and tools to use, the 3Rs of animal research.

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Essentials of Statistical Analysis (EOSA) Essentials of Statistical Analysis (EOSA)
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Covers the essentials of statistical analysis to help learners gain greater statistical literacy.

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Data Management for Biomedical Research Data Management for Biomedical Research
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Introduces the basics of planning for, managing, sharing, and archiving data generated through biomedical research involving human participants.

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Big Data and Data Science Research Ethics Big Data and Data Science Research Ethics
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Covers the unique issues associated with big data and data science research ethics.

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Survey Research Fraud: Understanding Malicious Intent Survey Research Fraud: Understanding Malicious Intent
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Explores common motives behind fraudulent survey research participation, how to address and mitigate the impact of identified fraudulent data, and how to minimize opportunities for malicious intent.

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Healthcare Robot Ethics Healthcare Robot Ethics
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Explores robots in healthcare and their ethical issues.

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RCR and Grant Stewardship RCR and Grant Stewardship
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Learn how grant stewardship obligations are a part of responsible conduct of research.

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Why AI Companies Should Care About Ethics Why AI Companies Should Care About Ethics
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Explores the importance of ethics for AI companies and its impact on public trust and profitability.

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Space Exploration: The Future of Human Subject Research Ethics Space Exploration: The Future of Human Subject Research Ethics
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Explores ethical and regulatory considerations for human subjects research in outer space.

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Artificial Intelligence: The Impact on Academic and Research Integrity Artificial Intelligence: The Impact on Academic and Research Integrity
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AI is always evolving and this webinar will go over the (current) basics of artificial intelligence in relation to academic and research integrity.

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Summit: Quality Control Summit: Quality Control
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Describes Quality Control’s role in helping a study adhere to protocol and regulatory guidelines.

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Biotility: Writing Controlled Documents in a CGMP Environment Biotility: Writing Controlled Documents in a CGMP Environment
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Provides learners with the skills needed to create and manage controlled documents.

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Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
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Learn about fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) and ways to prevent and report FWA.

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Summit: Study Documents Summit: Study Documents
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Provides learners with best practices for creating and maintaining study documents.

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Data Monitoring Committees: A Guide for New Leaders and Members Data Monitoring Committees: A Guide for New Leaders and Members
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A role-based course that provides practical know-how to effectively lead or participate on data monitoring committees.

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Bystander Intervention Training Bystander Intervention Training
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Empower yourself to effectively intervene and support others in critical situations with our comprehensive Bystander Training course.

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Operationalizing Telehealth Operationalizing Telehealth
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Learn the operational considerations of implementing a telehealth service at your healthcare organization.

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Biotility: The Foundations of Lean Manufacturing Biotility: The Foundations of Lean Manufacturing
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This course covers lean manufacturing as a production process based on an ideology of maximizing productivity while simultaneously minimizing waste within a manufacturing operation.

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Successfully Navigating Stress in Research Institutions Successfully Navigating Stress in Research Institutions
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Stress at research institutions is common, explore ways to navigate and mitigate the effects of stress in these settings.

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At Risk Survey Research Design: Remaining Diligent At Risk Survey Research Design: Remaining Diligent
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Explores strategies for remaining diligent about securing online survey research.

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Service Dog 101: Everything You Need to Know Service Dog 101: Everything You Need to Know
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A basic systematic approach is used to understand and apply federal regulations as they relate to service dogs.

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Burnout and Wellbeing in U.S. Higher Education Burnout and Wellbeing in U.S. Higher Education
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This webinar looks at sources of burnout in higher education, national datasets, and recommendations for increasing employee wellbeing.

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The Network of Networks (N2) The Network of Networks (N2)
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N2 is a not-for-profit alliance of Canadian research networks and organizations working to enhance national clinical research capability and capacity.

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BIC Study Foundation BIC Study Foundation
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BIC Study Foundation is a resource for those who want to take CITI Program courses in Korean. They are a certified training provider by the Korean FDA/MAFRA for HRPP and ACU Programs.

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OneAegis OneAegis
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A complete research compliance suite that supports IRB, IACUC Conflict of interest, Bio Safety Export Control, and more.

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HRP Consulting Group – Research Consulting Services HRP Consulting Group – Research Consulting Services
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HRP Consulting provides customized services for your research program, including temporary staffing, IRB/IACUC assistance, accreditation support, program evaluations, training/education and more.

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CTrials by BRANY CTrials by BRANY
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CTrials helps grow sponsored research programs by taking on the many administrative challenges inherent in managing clinical trials.

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Informed Consent Builder Informed Consent Builder
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Informed Consent Builder is a cloud-based platform that streamlines the process of managing and generating informed consent forms.

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Protocol Builder Protocol Builder
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Protocol Builder is an online protocol writing and collaboration platform that also speed up your pre-review turnaround times.

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Meet A Few Of Our Expert Authors and Presenters

Our courses are built by over 350 highly qualified experts and rigorously peer reviewed to incorporate various perspectives and ensure accuracy, completeness, and overall quality.

Content Contributor Moore Rhys

Moore Rhys, CIP

University of California, Los Angeles

Moore has contributed to human research for 30 years both as staff conducting biomedical and behavioral research and as an HRPP professional. In her position as Assistant Director for Education & Quality Improvement, Moore leads a team educating stakeholders in human research regulations, conducting post-approval monitoring, and providing HRPP QI.

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Liane Moneta-Koehler, PhD

Vanderbilt University

Liane Moneta-Koehler is the Assistant Provost for Research Integrity and Compliance at Vanderbilt University. She oversees compliance programs in the areas of research security, export controls, and human subjects research; and she supports the research community with evolving federal policies.

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Katy Washington

University of North Texas

Katy Washington serves as the Director in the Office of Disability Access at the University of North Texas (UNT). She has spent over sixteen years working with faculty and staff to facilitate an inclusive campus environment for disabled students in various educational settings to promote diversity, intersectionality, and access.

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Tonya Ferraro, MEd

Boston Children's Hospital

Tonya Ferraro is the Senior IRB QI Consultant at Boston Children’s Hospital’s (BCH) Education and Quality Improvement Program. Her responsibilities include educational outreach, internal reviews/audits, and supporting BCH’s reaccreditation effort. She holds a BA from Northeastern University and an interdisciplinary MEd from the University of Vermont focusing on research methodologies.

In Our Learners' Words

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James B.

Medical Doctor, Health Coach

I liked how the material was posted with big words, spaced, and simple English. The adverse drug event and monitoring sections were very informative.

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Xianjie Q.

Biostatistics Graduate Student

I like how there are two different view modes for the modules, there are explanations after every quiz question, and I can retake the quiz.

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Win K.

Lecturer and Consultant Physician

The audio-visual presentation is most suited for me because it allowed me to focus more on the module content, and the questions posed during the presentation refreshed and reflected what I had learned before the module ended.

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Juliana S.

Medical Student

The reading material was simple, concise, but also very informative in regards to the most important points.

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Courses Approved by Top Continuing Education Accreditors

CITI Program courses are approved for CME credits through the Albert Einstein Montefiore Continuing Professional Development Center (CPDC). Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center (Einstein) is accredited by the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education to provide continuing education activities for healthcare professionals. Einstein is accredited to offer continuing education credit for the following professions: medicine, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, dentistry, optometry, social work, nutritional science, and athletic training.

CITI Program is also accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.

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