Marquette Training Requirements

***ATTENTION INVESTIGATORS*** Current MU CITI Training is required for all new submissions. Lack of appropriate training will delay the review/approval of any new submissions.

Certification of human subjects research training is required for all principal investigators (PI), student principal investigators, and faculty advisers. Additionally, anyone serving as a member of the research team engaged in any of the following activities should complete training as well:

• obtaining information about living individuals by intervening or interacting with them for research purposes;
• obtaining identifiable private information about living individuals for research purposes;
• obtaining the voluntary informed consent of individuals to be subjects in research; and
• studying, interpreting or analyzing identifiable private information or data for research purposes.

Marquette offers human subjects research training through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI). CITI provides web-based training on a variety of research topics whose user base include thousands of institutions and users.

• All principal investigators must complete either Learner Group 1: Biomedical Research Investigators OR Learner Group 2: Social and Behavioral Research Investigators.**
• It is the responsibility of the PI to determine which CITI learner group members of the research team who are engaged in the above activities must complete (e.g., Learner Group 1, 2 or 3).

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  See the training modules associated with each learner group

  CITI learner group courses. principal investigators, student principal investigators, and student advisers must complete either Group 1 or 2. Group 3 may be more appropriate for other research personnel or instructors using CITI as an educational tool.

  Group 1: Biomedical Research Investigators: Choose this group to satisfy CITI training requirements for investigators involved primarily in biomedical research with human subjects. (Required for principal investigators)	Group 2: Social and  Behavioral Research Investigators: Choose this group to satisfy CITI training requirements for investigators involved primarily in social and behavioral research with human subjects. (Required for principal investigators)	Group 3: Other research personnel not serving as principal investigators or instructors assigning CITI training as a class assignment.
  The following are all required	The following are all required	The following are all required
  Basic Institutional Review Board (IRB) Regulations and Review Process (ID: 2)	History and Ethical Principles - SBE (ID: 490)	The Federal Regulations - SBE (ID: 502)
  Informed Consent (ID: 3)	Defining Research with Human Subjects - SBE (ID: 491)	Assessing Risk - SBE (ID: 503)
  Social and Behavioral Research (SBR) for Biomedical Researchers (ID: 4)	The Federal Regulations - SBE (ID: 502)	Informed Consent - SBE (ID: 504)
  Records-Based Research (ID: 5)	Assessing Risk - SBE (ID: 503)	Privacy and Confidentiality - SBE (ID: 505)
  FDA-Regulated Research (ID: 12)	Informed Consent - SBE (ID: 504)	Belmont Report and CITI Course Introduction (ID: 1127)
  Research and HIPAA Privacy Protections (ID: 14)	Privacy and Confidentiality - SBE (ID: 505)	History and Ethical Principles - SBE (ID: 490)
  Vulnerable Subjects - Research Involving Children (ID: 9)	Internet-Based Research - SBE (ID: 510)	The following are optional unless otherwise directed by the PI/instructor
  History and Ethics of Human Subjects Research (ID: 498)	Belmont Report and CITI Course Introduction (ID: 1127)	Defining Research with Human Subjects - SBE (ID: 491)
  Privacy and Confidentiality - SBE (ID: 505)	Unanticipated Problems and Reporting Requirements in Social and Behavioral Research (ID: 14928)	Conflicts of Interest in Research Involving Human Subjects (ID: 488)
  Belmont Report and CITI Course Introduction (ID: 1127)	Choose one of the following	Students in Research (ID: 1321)
  Recognizing and Reporting Unanticipated Problems Involving Risks to Subjects or Others in Biomedical Research (ID: 14777)	Research with Prisoners - SBE (ID: 506)	Stem Cell Research Oversight (Part I) (ID: 13882)
  Choose one of the following	Research with Children - SBE (ID: 507)	Stem Cell Research Oversight (Part II) (ID: 14584)
  Vulnerable Subjects - Research Involving Workers/Employees (ID: 483)	Research in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools - SBE (ID: 508)	Unanticipated Problems and Reporting Requirements in Social and Behavioral Research (ID: 14928)
  Hot Topics (ID: 487)	The following are optional	Cultural Competence in Research (ID: 15166)
  The following are optional	International Research - SBE (ID: 509)	Research with Prisoners - SBE (ID: 506)
  Conflicts of Interest in Research Involving Human Subjects (ID: 488)	Cultural Competence in Research (ID: 15166)	Research with Children - SBE (ID: 507)
  Genetic Research in Human Populations (ID: 6)	Students in Research (ID: 1321)	Research in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools - SBE (ID: 508)
  Vulnerable Subjects - Research Involving Prisoners (ID: 8)	International Studies (ID: 971)	International Research - SBE (ID: 509)
  The IRB Administrator's Responsibilities (ID: 13813)	Research and HIPAA Privacy Protections (ID: 14)	Internet-Based Research - SBE (ID: 510)
  Stem Cell Research Oversight (Part I)	Vulnerable Subjects - Research Involving Workers/Employees (ID: 483)
  Avoiding Group Harms - U.S. Research Perspectives (ID: 14080)	Conflicts of Interest in Research Involving Human Subjects (ID: 488)
  Avoiding Group Harms - International Research Perspectives (ID: 14081)
  Stem Cell Research Oversight (Part II) (ID: 14584)
  International Studies (ID: 971)
  Vulnerable Subjects - Research Involving Pregnant Women, Human Fetuses, and Neonates (ID: 10)
  Cultural Competence in Research (ID: 15166)
  Humanitarian Use Devices (HUDs) (ID: 16306)

• If you have an existing CITI account and have previously completed courses from another institution, completed courses that are relevant to Marquette's learner groups can be transferred. IMPORTANT: Completions will only appear if you affiliate your user account with Marquette. See  No. 4 below for instructions.
• CITI training will need to be renewed every 3 years. If upon submission to the ORC you receive a notice that you need to complete human subjects training but you have completed it in the past, please log in to CITI as there are likely to be refresher modules you need to complete to renew your certification. Please contact the ORC if you have any questions about this.

CITI Instructions

Each learner group contains 10-12 required modules and requires the completion of a brief 3-4 question quiz. Each module may take 10-20 minutes to complete (typically 1.5-2 hours total), and most modules contain a quiz. The modules do not have to be completed all in one session. A minimum cumulative score of 80% is required to pass the training.

1. The CITI is found at: https://www.citiprogram.org/

2. Register for an account if you do not already have one. If you already have an account (or newly created one), log in.

3. Under “Organization Affiliation” search for Marquette University and complete the registration process.

4. If you are currently registered with CITI, after logging in, from the main menu, affiliate your account with Marquette University.

CITI Training Lookup

Marquette IRB automatically receives an email notification for each human subjects completion. However, a completion report is accessible by the user by clicking "Print Report" and saving as a pdf from the main menu.

If you would like to know if an individual has completed CITI training, please email the Office of Research Compliance at orc@marquette.edu.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING MATERIALS

D1. "Protecting Human Research Participants," sponsored by the NIH Office of Extramural Research. This training tutorial takes approximately 2 hours to complete.

The Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) offers the pamphlet "Becoming a Volunteer: It's Your Decision." These pamphlets are available in English and Spanish. Contact Marquette's Office of Research Compliance if you would like a hard copy of this pamphlet. If you would like an electronic copy, follow the links below.

Becoming a Research Volunteer: It's Your Decision (PDF)- Follow this link to access the document.

Becoming a Research Volunteer: It’s Your Decision (in Spanish) (PDF)- Follow this link to access the document.