Institutional Review Board

 

Training and Education

 

Human Subjects Training

All investigators who plan to conduct studies involving human subjects must complete the required human subjects training modules via the CITI website.

 

• Who Must Train
• Training FAQ's
• Getting Started with CITI Training (instructions)

 

Required Training

Training in human research protection is provided through an on-line web-based course provided through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI). Each OSU trainee will be required to complete the basic course in human research protection and a refresher course three years later. Training must be updated every three years. To access the CITI training program click on the link below.

 

• CITI Human Subjects Protection Training Program (login)

 

Minors On-Campus Training

Individuals, whether affiliated with OSU or not, who will be working with minors on university property and in facilities or under the authority and direction of the university at other locations, including branch campuses, must complete the Minors on Campus training yearly per OSU policy 1-0135. Please click here to view this policy.

 

Please complete the OSU working with minors training at the following link:

https://rise.articulate.com/share/H3W3y-vvt_TFM_QYL9PZA2WOoMkZe5ix#/

 

Other Training Opportunities

• Study Recruitment and Consent Document Readability
• NIH Protecting Human Research Participants Tutorial
• Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Human Subject Assurance Training
• Protecting Human Subjects Digitized Video Series
• OHRP Decision Charts
• OHRP YouTube Channel
• Single IRBs
• Notice of Changes to NIH Policy for Issuing Certificates of Confidentiality