Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Training

Research training is met by successful completion of online training modules from the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) website. All individuals, principal investigators, co-investigators, post-docs, research assistants, undergraduate and graduate students and all other personnel engaged in research must complete the CITI training modules. The time to complete the training modules may be 6-8 hours. You may exit and resume the training at any time. Once successfully completed, a refresher course is required every three years. A notification will be sent to you prior to the expiration of your training. At any time, you may return to the training modules and print a certificate.

Step 1: Register for Your CITI Account

The steps to register for a CITI account are the same across IACUC, IBC, and IRB. Once you have registered for an account, follow the instructions below to find the training modules for your program.

1. Access the CITI website link at: https://www.citiprogram.org/
2. Create an account by clicking “Register” in the top right-hand corner of the webpage.
3. Select East Texas A&M University (SSO) as your Organization Affiliation.
4. Agree to the terms of service and affiliation & click on Log in with East Texas A&M University. This will take you to the initial page that says “Associate your SSO account with a CITI Program Account.
5. Click on “I don't have a CITI Program account and I need to create one.” This will allow you to create your account.
6. Click on Institutional courses and select Add a course.

Step 2: Find Your Modules

IACUC – Animal Care and Use Training

East Texas A&M University requires all individuals conducting/participating in research projects involved in animal care & use (including faculty, staff, postdocs, research assistants and students, etc…) to complete training for Animal Care & Use.

• On Question 1: Responsible Conduct of Research. Select either Biomedical or Physical Science depending on your research.
• Go to Question 3: Laboratory Animal Welfare, and click on Working with the IACUC course. You will also need to complete the appropriate Species-Specific Module depending upon your research area. Click on the Submit button on the bottom of the page. If you plan to conduct studies that have the potential to cause “more than momentary pain and distress” in mice or rats, complete the module on Minimizing Pain and Distress. If you conduct major survival surgery or non-survival surgeries in non-rodent species, complete the model on Aseptic Surgery.

IBC – Biosafety Training

• Go to Question 1: Responsible Conduct of Research. Click on either Biomedical or Physical Science, depending on your research.
• Select “no thank you” for questions 2 & 3.
• Go to Question 4 and click on Introduction to Biosafety Groups & Basic Biosafety Groups for Investigators, Staff and Students Handling Biohazards and click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page. This will take you to the courses that you need to complete.

IRB – Human Participants Training

East Texas A&M University is committed to the protection of human subjects involved in research and other scholarly activities conducted by our faculty, staff or students. On the CITI website, you must complete:

• Responsible Conduct of Research
• Human Subjects Research (Social and Behavioral Research Investigators)

Contact

If you have any questions, please email [email protected] or call 903.886.5766.