CITI training

Unsure of which learner group to select for the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) web-based courses? Review the below list to determine which best fits your training needs;contact Tim Sparklin if you have any questions. Note that links will open into a new page.

Human Research

Social & Behavioral Minimal Risk Research
This module is designed for faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students involved in minimal risk research, who plan to submit for expedited review and who have not previously completed the UMBC IRB training program.

Data or Specimens Only Research
This module is designed for faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students involved in less than minimal risk research that uses pre-existing data, records and/or specimens and when such data may fall within the exempt (subcategory 4) or expedited categories of review (Category 5).

Researchers conducting less than minimal risk research
This module is designed for faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students involved in less than minimal risk research, which entails no known physical, emotional, psychological, or economic risk, to nonvulnerable subjects. Students who are enrolled in PSYC 332 or related undergraduate research methods courses will take this module for training.

IRB Investigator Refresher Module
These modules are designed for faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students whose UMBC IRB training certification has expired and are contemplating continuing research with human participants. Investigators will have received a notice from HARPO regarding re-certification and be instructed on the appropriate module to take.

Animal Care and Use

Working with the IACUC – the basic course required for investigators and research staff who plan to use laboratory animals or plan to supervise such work at UMBC. Investigators and research staff are also required to choose appropriate species-specific module.