The CITI International Training Platform at www.irbtraining.org is a public access site providing basic, foundational information for researchers, research staff and research ethics committee members involved in international research.  This program now includes two learner tracks.   Track 1 targets the international investigator (International Modules) while Track 2 is intended for non US investigators, involved in U.S. Federally funded international research (US Federal Modules).    

• TRACK 1    
  The International Modules track is a new offering and the content was developed by Dr. Henry Silverman and his Fogarty International Center scholars in Egypt.  The modules provide a general overview of the ethical issues central to conducting human subject research internationally.   Translation of this track from English into other languages will begin in 2007. 
• TRACK 2.
  The US Federal Modules provide more detail about the US federally funded research requirements.  US Federal Modules 1 through 3 have been translated into Simplified Chinese, French, Portuguese and Spanish.  Modules 4 and 5 are available in English with some, but not all, of the content translated. 

Topics for both tracks include:

1. History and Ethics
2. Research Review Processes
3. Informed Consent
4. International studies (Resource information/country specific information)
5. Course documents (Ethical guidance documents and links to research compliance information)

Although you will need to register to obtain a username and password for this course site, this program is available without charge. 

This site is provided as a service to the research community and is supported by CITI, The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Miami.