CITI Training (Collaborative University Institutional Review Board Training Initiative)

When you submit your Human Subjects Review materials (Doctoral Forms D-3A and 3B, Consent form and Abstract) to the Graduate Program Office, you must also submit documentation of having taken the online course, which is a requirement of the University Institutional Review Board.

You can access this site at the following address: http://www.umass.edu/research/human-subjects-trainingciti-training-course

You need to complete all of the following modules under the Social/Behavior Research area (Group 2):

• Introduction
  
• History and Ethical Principles – SBR
  
• Defining Research with Human Subjects – SBR
  
• The Regulations and the Social Behavioral Sciences – SBR
  
• Assessing Risk in Social Behavioral Sciences
  
• Informed Consent
  
• Privacy and Confidentiality - SBR
  
• Conflicts of Interest in Research Involving Human Subjects
  
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