IRB and iMedRIS Training
The IRB is happy to arrange a group training for your department or even a one-on-one
training for an individual.
Please contact Kimberly Williams Houston, MS at kwilli72@uthsc.edu if you are interested in scheduling one of the iMedRIS trainings below.
Please contact Kimberly Williams Houston, MS at kwilli72@uthsc.edu if you are interested in scheduling one of the iMedRIS trainings below.
BEGINNER IRB AND iMedRIS TRAINING
Designed for principal investigators, co/sub-investigators, and coordinators who are unfamiliar with IRB policies or have never submitted electronic studies to the IRB using iMedRIS. Covers practical issues (UT NetIDs, taking the CITI course, acquiring administrative approval from affiliate institutions, accessing and navigating iMedRIS) to policy reviews, common problem areas, and federal regulatory requirements. Classes are usually held the first Tuesday of the month at 12:00 pm; alternate times can be accommodated.
Designed for principal investigators, co/sub-investigators, and coordinators who are unfamiliar with IRB policies or have never submitted electronic studies to the IRB using iMedRIS. Covers practical issues (UT NetIDs, taking the CITI course, acquiring administrative approval from affiliate institutions, accessing and navigating iMedRIS) to policy reviews, common problem areas, and federal regulatory requirements. Classes are usually held the first Tuesday of the month at 12:00 pm; alternate times can be accommodated.
ADVANCED iMedRIS SESSION
One-on-one or same research team, these sessions are designed for principal investigators,
co/sub-investigators, and coordinators who have specific questions about iMedRIS functions,
navigation, and its relation to IRB processes. This class can be hands-on assistance
for completing a particular iMedRIS form. Email question(s) and training requests
to Kimberly Williams Houston, MS at kwilli72@uthsc.edu.
CAMPUS SESSION
The UTHSC IRB offers campus training sessions called IRB Insights. Visit our Insights page for more information.
The UTHSC IRB offers campus training sessions called IRB Insights. Visit our Insights page for more information.
DEPARTMENTAL SESSION
The IRB can tailor training to directly meet the needs of your department. We can conduct beginner IRB and iMedRIS training, or incorporate beginner material with specific departmental issues, such as explaining the difference between exempt and expedited studies.
The IRB can tailor training to directly meet the needs of your department. We can conduct beginner IRB and iMedRIS training, or incorporate beginner material with specific departmental issues, such as explaining the difference between exempt and expedited studies.
OTHER TRAINING
The Office of Research Clinical Trials webpage includes training and education resources for investigators and key study personnel.
These resources include classroom and educational opportunities, seminars and workshops
that include principal investigator training, forms and tools, and other resources.
Required Online Human Subjects Protection Training
Before a research protocol receives final approval by the UTHSC IRB, all Key Study
Personnel (KSP) investigators, faculty advisors, and department chairs listed on UTHSC
IRB submission, and others identified below, must complete the web-based Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) Program. Alternative training may be accepted for non-research requests for Humanitarian
Use Device (HUD), Emergency Use, Treatment Use, or Expanded Access/Compassionate Use
projects.
What is CITI?
The Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) Program is a leading online training program maintained by the University of Miami. It offers
curricula in human subjects research, animal research, and the responsible conduct
of research.
Who has to take CITI?
The training requirement applies to UTHSC faculty, staff, student, residents, fellows,
research faculty advisors, and department chairs who approve research, and research
administrators; to anyone conducting human subjects research activities at UTHSC or
at our affiliate institutions; and to IRB members and staff. This includes anyone
working directly with human subjects or with identifiable data or biological specimens
for research purposes under UTHSC authority. Investigators, research nurses, coordinators,
students, technicians working with identifiable data; and faculty advisors and department
chairs approving research all need to obtain CITI certification.
How do I log-in?
If you are a first-time CITI user and you are an employee of the University (or you
have a UT NetID and password from being sponsored into the UT NetID system), select
Log in through my institution. Next, select University of Tennessee Health Science Center – Memphis from the drop-down list and log in with your UT NetID and password; this will allow
your training to be entered into the human resources mandatory training database.
If you do not have a UT NetID, you will need to create a CITI account following the
online instructions. Remember that your password should consist of 8-50 characters
and it is case sensitive.
What if I completed the CITI course at another institution?
You can affiliate your certification with UTHSC by following the online instructions
on the CITI website. If researchers new to UTHSC, or collaborating researchers at
other institutions, have taken Human Subjects Protections and Good Clinical Practice
training at another institution, their completion certificate and course modules will
be reviewed for reciprocity. If the coursework is comparable, UTHSC will accept their
training. If the coursework in not comparable, additional modules may be assigned
as needed, or researchers must complete one of the two course options noted below.
What CITI course do I have to take?
Investigators, all key study personnel, including faculty advisors, and department chairs have 2 options:
- Complete the UTHSC Basic Human Subject Protections and Good Clinical Practices combination course. Every 3 years, recertification must be accomplished by completing the full course again.
OR
- Complete the Human Subjects Training Basic Biomedical (Biomed) course
and
the GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs & Medical Devices (U.S. FDA focus) course. These courses have more modules, but for recertification every 3 years, you can complete a shortened refresher course.
Research Administrators, IRB Chairs, IRB Members, and IRB staff must take the UTHSC Basic Human Subject Protections and Good Clinical Practices combination course.
CITI courses must be passed at 85% or higher.For how long is my certification effective?
CITI certification is good for 3 years for those conducting human subjects research at UTHSC or at our affiliate institutions. View the question above for recertification information.