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Continuing Education in Human Subject Protections
Continuing Education Requirements | Continuing Education Resources | Continuing Education Certificates & Training History
Continuing Education Requirements
All UIC investigators and key research personnel involved in human subjects research must complete a minimum of two hours of continuing education in human subjects protection every two years. Investigators and key research personnel must be up to date with the continuing education requirements by January 1, 2007, in order to be eligible to submit research protocols to the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Please take time to check your training status and expiration date to avoid delay with your IRB submissions.
Continuing Education Resources
You can obtain continuing education credit with any of the following options:
- On-line Continuing Education Courses
- In-person Training Sessions
- Regional/National Meetings or Conferences on Human Subjects Protection
- Attend Department Sponsored Training Events
- Independent Study/Individual Training
- Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (JBVAMC) – for research investigators, key research personnel, and staff members who have a VA appointment or affiliation with the JBVAMC.
1. On-line Continuing Education
Courses (1 or 2 continuing education credit(s))
OPRS offers several on-line courses through three providers.
- Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) is a subscription
service providing research ethics education to all members of the research community.
To register for a CITI course, create an account on the CITI website www.citiprogram.org. Each course is followed by a quiz. OPRS is notified by CITI and will send you a certificate upon passing the course, as well as update your information in RiSC.
CITI provides the initial IRB training as well as a Refresher course.
- The Learning Management System (LMS) is a UIC web-based tool
intended for educating investigators and research staff on research ethics, policy and procedure.
To register for a course in the LMS, create an account on the LMS website http://www.uictraining.org . The courses are offered through a variety of presentation mediums and are followed by a brief quiz.- Upon successful completion of each course, print your certificate for your records.
- OPRS will not automatically send you a certificate, but does receive completion reports from LMS and will update your information in RiSC once the course is completed.
- You must review every page and successfully complete the quiz in order to successfully complete the course.
- Research Ethics Training Curriculum, developed by Family Health International (FHI), is a course for international researchers who conduct research that includes human participants and want to incorporate
fundamental ethical considerations in design and implementation of their research.
After completing the course on the FHI site, FHI will mail you a certificate. Forward a copy of your certificate to OPRS. Click here for the mailing address.
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CITI Refresher Course in the Protection of Human
Research Subjects
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| Description: | This web-based course covers research, ethical principles and regulations about human subject protections. |
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Note:Without this information, it is not possible to determine if the initial training requirement has been met and no certification will be provided. |
| Web site: www.citiprogram.org | Login Help: click here. |
| The Learning Management System (LMS) |
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HSPP102 Currículo de Capacitación
sobre Ética de la Investigación
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| Description: | Este Currículo de capacitación sobre ética de la investigación ha sido desarrollado para investigadores internacionales que
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| To receive credit (2 credits): | Despues de completar el curso, mande un corréo electroico a oprstraining@uic.edu. OPRS confirmará terminación y assignara un certificado. |
| Web site: http://www.uictraining.org/Public/ | Login Help: click here. |
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HSPP205 Good Clinical Practice |
| Description: | Investigators are expected to follow GCP, and this training program will help you understand and comply with these standards. By the end of this course you will:
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| To receive credit (2 credits): | After completing the course, send email to oprstraining@uic.edu. OPRS will confirm completion and issue certificate. |
| Web site: http://www.uictraining.org/Public/ | Login Help: click here. |
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HSPP104 HRSA: Protecting Human Subjects
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| Description: | Course contains a series of three online videos, produced by the Department of Health and Human Services covering:
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| To receive credit (2 credits): | After completing the course, send email to oprstraining@uic.edu. OPRS will confirm completion and issue certificate. |
| Web site: http://www.uictraining.org/Public/ | Login Help: click here. |
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HSPP202 Obtaining Optimal Informed Consent
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| Description: | This course includes an overview of some of the historical issues and problems that led to the current regulations governing informed consent requirements in human subjects research. Generally accepted principles of research ethics are described and then linked to regulatory requirements. This course evaluates the relationship between the informed consent process and the consent document and identifies common problems with documentation regarding informed consent and assent. The course ends with some suggestions regarding ways in which the informed consent process can be used to enhance autonomous decision-making. This course is currently unavailble. |
| To receive credit (2 credits): | After completing the course, send email to oprstraining@uic.edu. OPRS will confirm completion and issue certificate. |
| Web site: http://www.uictraining.org/Public/ | Login Help: click here. This course is currently unavailable. |
| Research Ethics Training Curriculum |
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Family Health International (FHI) Research Ethics
Training Curriculum
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| Description: | This Research Ethics Training Curriculum has been developed for international researchers who:
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| To receive credit (2 credits): | After completing course, FHI will mail you a certificate. Forward a copy of your certificate to OPRS. Click here for mailing address. |
| Web site: http://www.fhi.org/training/en/Retc/ | Login Help: click here. |
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In-person Training Sessions
Events are added to this calendar as they become available.
If you need disability accommodations to participate in these events, please e-mail to oprstraining@uic.edu or call (312-413-9175) at least one week in advance.
Please Note: For all non-UIC sponsored programs, you must provide documentation of attendance to OPRS by submitting an Individual CE Request Form.
UIC
Continuing Education Training Calendar (Registration is not required for UIC training except as noted.) |
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Discussion with Dr. Jeremy Sugarman Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA is the Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics and Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Deputy Director for Medicine of the Berman Institute of Bioethics at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Sugarman conducts both theoretical and empirical research in medical ethics. His work concentrates on informed consent, research ethics, and the ethical issues associated with emerging technologies. He is the author of over 175 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He has also edited or co-edited four books (Beyond Consent: Seeking Justice in Research; Ethics of Research with Human Subjects: Selected Policies and Resources; Ethics in Primary Care; and Methods in Medical Ethics). For additional information and to RSVP, please contact: Jacqueline Berger (jacquieb@uic.edu). |
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January 15, 2010 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
Research in Resource Poor Areas Speaker: Stacy Geller, PhD Professor UIC Particular attention needs to be paid to avoiding coercion and coercive inducements, obtaining consent that is truly informed and voluntary, and the weighing of risks and benefits to vulnerable populations. Because of a lack of access to medical care, some research participants may also feel they have no choice but to take part in medical research in order to access any kind of care, thereby posing additional risks and ethical issues. Moreover, doing research with under-served populations may present ethical issues affecting research design (control groups, placebos, follow-up, etc.). In her grand rounds, Dr. Geller will explore these ethical issues and will provide recommendations for research among under-served populations and those in resource poor areas. Her focus will be on international research, however the underlying ethical issues are directly applicable to research in the US. |
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*Locations: AOB: Administrative Office Building, 1737 West Polk St. |
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Regional/National Meetings or Conferences on Human Subjects Protection
You can receive continuing education credit for attending conferences sponsored by the following organizations. Simply complete the HSPP CE - Individual Request Form and submit Form.
- Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Public responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIMR)
- Applied Research Ethics National Association (ARENA)
- Other federal agencies involved in human subject protections
- Other universities and organizations that foster human subject protections in their educational offerings
4. Attend Department Sponsored
Training Events
Departments may sponsor a course, seminar, workshop, lecture, etc. with topics and materials directly related to human subject protection which may be used for continuing education credit. To request credit for its participants, departments should complete the HSPP CE - Department Request Form at least two (2 ) weeks in advance of the educational offering. Use the Department CE Attendance List form to record attendance and submit this form to OPRS within 90 days of the offering.
5. Independent Study/Individual
Training
Individuals may attend a course, seminar, workshop, lecture, etc. with topics and materials directly related to human subject protection which may be used for continuing education credit.
If you attend educational offerings outside the University, complete the HSPP CE - Individual Request Form and submit documentation of your attendance to OPRS within 90 days to receive continuing education credit.
For independent study, please complete the HSPP CE - Individual Request Form and submit your proposed reading list (book chapters or articles) relating to research ethics and human subjects protections with copies of table of contents or references for consideration.
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JBVAMC Training
Individuals conducting research or involved in research-related duties (i.e., R&D Committee member) at the JBVAMC must complete human subjects protection courses annually per VA requirements. These courses can be used by JBVAMC-affiliated investigators and their staff to earn continuing education credit that will count towards the UIC HSPP continuing education requirement. Although the courses can be accessed by anyone logging into one of the VA websites, this training is strongly VA-focused and should only be used by research investigators, key research personnel, and staff members who have a JBVAMC appointment or affiliation with the JBVAMC.
| Course: | Protection of Human Research Subjects & Good Clinical Practices |
http://www.research.va.gov/programs/pride/training/default.cfm Each individual completing the training is responsible for printing out the "Certificate of Completion" available at the completion of the course. Send a copy of the certificate to the following offices to receive credit:
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Continuing Education Certificates & Training History
To view individual training records (Initial, HIPAA, and Continuing Education ) log in to RiSCWeb, and click on the Educational Status tab.
If you need to print your online training certificate (excluding the CITI certificate*) at a later date, follow these instructions:
- Go to Learning Management System (LMS) online training www.uictraining.org and login
- From the menu on the left click on My Courses.
- Next choose the Completed Course option.
- Click on Course Name; View Certificate; Open; Print.
*For copies of certificates from CITI, live training or presentations, please e-mail oprstraining@uic.edu or call (312-413-9175).
If you have any questions or problems, please contact Laurie Kennard at 312-413-9175.
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