CITI Certification and Procedures

 
CITI Training Instructions

To conduct research with human participants at Utah State University, the Intuitional Review Board (IRB) requires that all researchers be certified via the CITI program. The CITI Program provides research ethics education to all members of the research community.
To be certified at Utah State University, a set of modules must be completed via the CITI website with an overall score of 80%.
Once that is completed, CITI will issue you a “completion certificate" and notify the Utah State University IRB. At that point, your name and certification expiration date (3 years) will be entered in the database on the Utah State University IRB list of Faculty Staff and Student Certifications.

New Users

If you are a new user, you will be asked to register:
  1. From the CITI web site click on “Register Here” and select Utah State University under Participating Institutions
  2. Choose a Username and Password
  3. Enter your name
  4. Enter your email address
Once you are registered, you may begin the training process:
  1. First, users will be prompted to complete the Member Information page
  2. Next, users will be presented with 4 Curriculum choices. The module called “Social & Behavioral Research Investigators and Key Personnel, Basic Course” (selection 1, group 1) is the only module required for IRB certification at Utah State University.
  3. Next, under “My Courses” click on the Enter link beside the course for which you have registered.
  4. Next, complete the “Integrity Assurance Statement.”
  5. Finally, complete the next 9 modules to finalize your certification. When all modules are completed with an overall score of 80%, CITI will issue you a “completion certificate.” They will also email a copy to the IRB office. At that point, your name and certification expiration date (3 years) will be entered in the database on the IRB web site
Returning Users

Returning users may simply log in to the CITI web page and complete their training. If prior login information has been forgotten, click on the forgot login information link to recover login information.

Help


Direct all CITI-related questions to janet.roberts@usu.edu (435-797-1821).