Thank you for your inquiry regarding the CITI human subjects research educational modules.

As of 6-1-2010:

• Approximately 1130 institutions and organizations have access to the CITI course site world wide.
• Currently, about 35,000 people per month complete a CITI course (Basic or Refresher),
• Since 10-1-2000, over 1.3 million people have met the Federal training mandate by completing a CITI course.

The CITI human subjects research educational program consists of  a Basic Course of 12 modules for Biomedical investigators, 11 modules specifically prepared for Investigators conducting Social / Behavioral research and severalGeneral Interest modules.  Each institution has the flexibility to set specific curriculum requirements for specific subgroups of their research community.  

• Multiple Learner Groups can be established to customize the course according to the learners interests or role in human subjects research.
• Each module is focused on a different aspect of bio-ethics and human subjects research.
• Each module, developed by experts in the "IRB community" has an associated quiz.
• CITI updates the modules semi-annually.

The course is hosted on secure servers at the University of Miami and the CITI office at the University of Miami retains all records in strict confidence.   When the user completes the required course materials:

• The leaner can print / download a Completion Report that details the learners accomplishments.
• A copy of the Completion Report is e-mailed to the institutional key trainer or IRB administrator.
• The learner may complete a voluntary satisfaction survey.
• The learner may retain to the course site and download a copy of the completion report as needed.
• An administrator at each institution will have access to the CITI Report Utilities to view the progress of an individual learner or to download aggregate training data.
• The administrator also has access to the comments submitted by their learners about the course site.

The Institutional Page

Importantly, there is the opportunity for each participating institution to post specific materials on an "Institutional Page"that their own IRB's believe their faculty and staff should know. The students/trainees can even be quizzed on this material if that is desirable.

Other Courses From The CITI Program

Although CITI is a not-for-profit organization, CITI does charge an institutional user fee (currently $2,500.00 per year per research performance site) to offset the administrative costs of running the course site. The fee also includes the set up for your institutional page. There is no limit on the number of people from your institution who may use the CITI course site.

The user fee includes institutional access to:

• The Basic Course for the Protection of Human Research Subjects.
• The CITI Refresher Courses.
• The Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Course.
• The Health Information Privacy and Security (HIPS) Course.
• The Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Course.
• The Laboratory Animal Welfare Course.
• The Bio-Safety and Bio-Security Course (for additional US$ 500 a year). .
• The International Course site (https://www.citiprogram.org/irbpage.asp).
• The new Spanish and Portuguese Language versions of the CITI Program for Latin America.

The content and quizzes are updated semi-annually. 

CITI can get your institution set up and ready to go within a few days. All we need is:

1. Full name of your institution as you want it displayed.
2. A logo for your institution in JPG or GIF format (prepared on a PC).
3. The Contact Information (name, title, address, e-mail address, phone number, fax numbers) for the person who will be responsible for handling questions from your faculty and who will be receiving the training records.
4. The information you would like on your institutional page. (e.g., links, documents, policies and procedures for you institution etc. We will put links to the Belmont report, the Declaration of Helsinki and the OHRP document library as a matter of course. We also will put a link to your web page and/or the training coordinator if you like). This material can be changed or updated as necessary.
5. A memo (e-mail is ok) expressing your institution's intent to pay the $2,500.00 user fee for year 01. CITI will invoice you immediately. Upon receipt of your completed order form, CITI will commence the set up process for your Institution's page. Upon receipt of payment, CITI will provide the access to your institutional page.
   
6. The curriculum (required and optional modules) for each Learner Group.
7. You should use The CITI Order Form and / or the CITI RCR Course Order Form to provide us with the information we need to set up your institution.
8. In case you want to add Spanish modules to your training, you may use the CITI Order Form in Spanish.

If you would like to "demo" the entire CITI course site contact CITI at 305 243-7970. 

If you are a member of PRIM&R you may register as a PRIM&R Member to review the entire course site.   This is intended to be a Demonstration Access, so neither a course completion report nor a completion certificate will be provided.

Paul Braunschweiger Ph.D., Professor 
Dept. Radiation Oncology 
U of Miami Miller School of Medicine 
CITI Co-Founder