Training

Children's Wisconsin Human Research Protection Program requires individuals involved in the design, conduct, or review of human subject research overseen by Children's IRB to have current human subject research protections training. This includes any individual involved in the research and is listed as part of the study team. Research reviewers are required to have the same training. Children's Wisconsin utilizes the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program to provide such training.

For more information, please refer to our local guidance and SOPs page and review the human subjects research training requirements local guidance.

Children's Wisconsin HRPP recommends completing the learner group 3 and good clinical practice modules if you may be involved in both biomedical and social behavioral research.

Alternatively, you may complete the biomedical research learner group and good clinical practice, or social behavioral learner group if you will only be participating in those types of research respectively.

Note: To access the appropriate modules, users must affiliate with the Medical College of Wisconsin within their CITI program account (not Children's Wisconsin).

1. Visit the CITI Program website and log into your account. Click, My Profiles to edit your profile as needed.
2. On the main menu page, click Affiliate with Another Institution. Enter, Medical College of Wisconsin as your organization, and click Next. Provide the requested information for the registration process.
3. Enroll in the course, Human Subject Research and select the Learner Group that most closely matches your role and type of research. Children's Wisconsin HRPP recommends completing the learner group 3 and good clinical practice modules if you may be involved in both biomedical and social behavioral research.
   • Alternatively, you may complete the biomedical research learner group and good clinical practice, or social behavioral learner group if you will only be participating in those specific types of research respectively.
4. On the main menu page, select My Learner Tools for Medical College of Wisconsin. Select View Previously Completed Coursework, and verify previously completed CITI modules are displayed.
   • To receive credit for modules previously completed, you must be affiliated with both institutions (the previous and the Medical College of Wisconsin); enroll in the course that needs to be transferred via the Add a Course link for the Medical College of Wisconsin, and select the applicable Learner Group. Once you are enrolled in the course, any modules that are shared between the institutions will have their credit transferred automatically.
   • This transfer is based upon the module's unique identification number. Each institution determines the time frame in which modules are eligible to be transferred. Some institutions do not allow modules to transfer.
5. Returning to the main menu page, you will see the selected Learner Group for the Medical College of Wisconsin and any modules that will need to be completed. Click on the Learner Group to see the list of required modules for the Medical College of Wisconsin. Complete the necessary modules and associated quizzes. In addition, you must also complete one elective module and quiz.