Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Education Requirements

ATTENTION BMN, MNSP, and NDS STUDENTS:

All BMN, MNSP, and NDS students need to complete their CITI Training Certification which is

required education in the protection of human subjects (ethics or research with human

subjects or data) and is degree requirement. Please plan on completing your CITI Certification

as soon as possible and PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF CLASSES IN YOUR FIRST SEMESTER.

ABOUT THE CITI TRAINING:

The CITI Training Requirement applies to all faculty researchers, research staff, student researchers,

faculty advisors, visitors or any other individuals who conduct research projects with human subjects or

their identifiable data. Some examples include individuals who: obtain informed consent; conduct

surveys, interviews, or focus groups; collect or analyze subjects’ identifiable data or biological samples;

or conduct study procedures that contribute to the research in a substantive way. Prior to initiating

research involving human subjects, researchers must complete an on-line tutorial and related exams via

the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program. On a case-by-case basis, the Tufts SBER

IRB (https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/sberirb/research-training-requirements/citi/) may accept the

completion of comparable education for community research partners or researchers employed by

other institutions. If an individual has previously completed a module found in the Basic Course,

regardless of when the module was completed, this module will be applied toward initial certification

with the new CITI requirements. Please Note: IRB Training and Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

Training are not interchangeable. RCR training does not fulfill the IRB education requirements.

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS USER GROUP:

BMN, MNSP, and NDS students should plan on completing the Biomedical Researchers user group for

their CITI Training Certification. All researchers will complete the CITI “Basic Education Course” for their

user group. For Biomedical Researchers, this consists of 16 modules. You will need to create a CITI

account and register to complete the CITI Training Course modules. Upon log-in, select the “Add a

Course or Update Learner Group” under Tufts University/Tufts Medical Center Courses. During

registration, choose “Tufts University/Tufts Medical Center” as your Participating Institution. Please list

your “@tufts.edu” email address as the preferred email address. Once you have completed all of the

Biomedical Researchers modules in the course, you have access to a completion certificate (there will be

a PDF cover page and a results page with your score and expiration date (valid for 4 years). The

expiration date of an individual’s certification is based on the day the last required module was

completed.

EMAIL MICHELLE.FRANKFORT@TUFTS.EDU:

Please email your completed CITI Certification results page (with score and expiration date not the

cover page) to Friedman’s Registrar (michelle.frankfort@tufts.edu) so your academic record can be

updated in SIS this completed degree requirement and the hardcopy of your Biomedical Researchers

CITI Certification completion report is filed in your student file folder.

Tufts University/Tufts Medical CenterIRB Training Registration Guide: New Users

Register with CITI [For new users only]• Open www.citiprogram.org.

• Create an account by clicking “Register” and follow the instructions on creating a password and username.

• Step 1: Choose Tufts University/Tufts Medical Center as your Organizational Affiliation. Do not choose to affiliate as an independent learner. You will be charged a fee to register as an

independent learner. Non-Tufts collaborators should also list Tufts as their Organizational Affiliation, if they are

completing CITI training as part of their role on a Tufts research project.

Version: 10/4/18

Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center utilize the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) web-based system to provide many research-related training courses.

IRB training courses are found only under Question #1 in Step 7 of the registration process "Select Curriculum." All personnel conducting human-subjects research must complete an IRB Training course.

Follow the steps below to register with CITI and select training courses.

• Step 3: Create a User Name, Password, and Security Question.

• Step 2: Fill in your personal information. Please use your @tufts.edu or @tuftsmedicalcenter.org email address, if you have one. Non-Tufts collaborators may use the email address of their choice.

• Step 4: Choose your country of residence.

• Step 5: Answer YES or NO for receiving Continuing Education credit and/or marketing emails Please note: This refers to professional CE credit (CME, CNE, APA, SW, etc.) and is not

required to complete institutional training on CITI. You will be charged an individual fee if you elect to receive CE credit.

• Step 7: Select your CITI Training courses Question 1: Register for the IRB Training course most applicable to your research and your primary

languageo You must complete an IRB Training course to conduct human-subjects research.o These are the only courses that fulfill IRB Training requirements.

Questions 2-8: Register for other research-related training courses (as needed, based on the type of research you conduct and the requirements of your funding source)

o Please contact Research Administration or the IRB if you are unsure about whether to complete any additional courses.

o Courses under Questions 2-8 do not fulfill IRB Training requirements.

• Step 6: Provide information requested by Tufts University/Tufts Medical Center If you do not have a Tufts institutional email address, please re-enter the email address from

Step 2.

• Step 8: Finalize your registration.