Why CITI training?
First, CITI it is the most diverse, effective, and comprehensive on-line training and educational approach for the subject matter in use by over 400 institutions worldwide (as of Aug 2004). The CITI system offers broad training across both biomedical and social/behavioral science areas and is updated regularly to be current with federal guidelines and regulations. Second, investigators can log on and go at their own pace…the program is eligible for CME credits for those seeking them, and many institutions already use CITI allowing for “reciprocity” of training requirements for collaborative research projects…thus our researchers (or our partners) won’t have to prove their training or undergo off-site training to satisfy another IRBs requirements. Typically, the full set of required modules takes a total of about 2 – 3 hrs of on-line reading and quiz responding time. Again, since this is an open-access internet training system, anyone can log on from anywhere and do one or more modules
