Human Subjects Training
All LSU New Orleans faculty, professionals, and students who are involved in research with human subjects must complete mandatory training on ethical research practices known as human subject protection training.
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
The University is registered with the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program that provides web-based courses on research practices and ethics. CITI training is accepted as the standard for IRB training for hundreds of national universities and organizations and meets the requirement of LSU New Orleans IRB for human subject protection training. The CITI platform contains training modules for Biomedical research and Social Behavioral Science and Education research (SBE). Social behavioral and education research is the primary human subject research performed at LSU New Orleans.
The SBE Basic course provides an introduction to social-behavioral-educational research with a focus on the protection of human subjects. It offers historic and current information on regulatory and ethical issues important to the conduct of research involving human subjects. This course has been updated to reflect the revised Requirements of the Common Rule. This course is required for those researchers who study sociological, psychological, anthropological or educational phenomena using observational and survey methods, interviews, and work with population and/or epidemiological studies. Please note some funding agencies may require additional training.
To complete the training, you will study a series of online learning modules that cover the protection of human subjects. You will then be tested on the material in the modules. Completing the modules takes approximately 4 hours. Progress is saved so training can be completed at different times. Before you get started, please register as a new user and follow the instructions below.
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How to Register
LSU New Orleans is currently registered with the CITI Training Program. IRB training is mandatory for all LSU New Orleans faculty, professionals, and students participating in Human Subjects research. To register for the online training courses please follow the instructions below:
- Go to the CITI Program website.
- Click on Register.
- Under Select Your Organization Affiliation, type in "LSU New Orleans" and select the university from the drop-down that will appear.
- Check the box stating that you agree to the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy.
- Check the box affirming that you are an affiliate of LSU New Orleans.
- Click Continue to Create Your CITI Program Username/Password.
- Enter all required information, then click Continue To Step 3.
- Follow the instructions to create a username and password, then click Continue To Step 4.
- Enter your country of residence and select the country from the drop-down that will appear.
- Answer other questions, then click Continue To Step 5.
- Answer questions regarding continuing education credits, then click Continue To Step 6.
- Answer questions required by LSU New Orleans and provide your official LSU New Orleans email address, then click Continue To Step 7.
- Answer laboratory animal welfare questions about your research.
- Under "Responsible Conduct of Research," select Not at this time.
- If you are a LSU New Orleans research employee, professional, graduate, doctorate, or post-doc student:
- Under "Conflict of Interest (COI)," select Yes.
- Under "Human Subjects Research," select Social Behavioral Education.
- If you are a LSU New Orleans IRB committee member or administrator:
- Under "Conflict of Interest (COI)," select Yes.
- Under "Human Subjects Research," select Social Behavioral Education AND IRB.
- Click Complete Registration.
- Click Finalize Registration.
- You may begin a course by clicking Start Now.
Notes
- Please complete the correct module(s). Validation of this status is required by all investigators completing this module. Otherwise, your selection and training will be deemed invalid.
- You will not be allowed to proceed until the Assurance Statement is completed.
- Modules may be completed at different times as progress is saved; however, you must complete the modules in the order in which they are listed. To complete modules in their entirety, the process may take approximately 4 hours.
- LSU New Orleans reserves the right to request that investigators complete additional modules as deemed necessary.
- Certificate of completion must be submitted with IRB application.
- Training should be renewed every three years.