Researchers and staff who are research personnel on any human subjects project must complete human subjects protection training (HSPT) within the last 3 years. If an extensive HSPT training has been completed more than 3 years ago, a refresher training will be required.
Human Subjects Protection Training
Initial training requirement can be met by completing CITI Basic Training. Important: other types of training from CITI such as GCP or Responsible Conduct of Research will NOT satisfy Human Subjects Protection Training requirement.
- If you have completed training through another institution, please, send your certificate to irb.training@yale.edu;
- If you need to complete the training, ensure that you do so through Yale Workday Learning website so that your completion in CITI is automatically recorded in Workday, which will then show in IRES IRB system.
Instructions on how to complete the initial training via CITI
Steps to complete initial training via CITI.
- Log into your Learning Homepage in Workday.
- Verify that the Human Subjects Protection Training – Initial appears under Required Training section
- If it does not, do ONE of the following:
- Ask your manager to manually assign you the Human Subjects Protection Training – Initial requirement in Workday; OR
- If available to you, complete Compliance Assessment to indicate that you are conducting human subjects research. *See instructions below on how to complete the assessment.
- Add, or have someone add, you to a pending study or submission in IRES IRB – overnight, IRES IRB will send your name to Workday to ensure you have the training required assigned; OR
- Have someone submit a modification to an approved protocol in IRES IRB to add you - overnight, IRES IRB will send your name to Workday to ensure you have the training required assigned
If you have any problems, questions or concerns you can email either learning@yale.edu or irb.training@yale.edu to request a manual assignment.
*To complete the Compliance Assessment:
- Go to Home - Workday
- Type “compliance assessment” in the top search bar, and it will come up as a task in the dropdown
- The next window will prompt you to start the assessment
- Once in the assessment, if you click on the Related Content arrows under each question, you will see the training that will be assigned if a “yes” is entered. – For ORA trainings, scroll down to questions 9 and 10.
- Once submitted, trainings will populate overnight.
*We recommend working with a mentor or supervisor when completing this assessment.
- Click on the Human Subjects Protection Training - Initial that was assigned to you;
- Look at the blue radio button on the right, under a photo:
- a. If it states ‘Enroll’, click on it and then Submit in the window that will appear - the status should change to Start Program;
- Click Start Program under the photo. Note that if you’ve taken the training before, the button may instead say ‘Retake Program’.
- In the description of the program, locate a link to CITI and click on it;
- You will be redirected to CITI webpage and may need to log into it using YCAS;
- If you are already logged into Yale’s CAS, then use one of the following Single Sign-On (SSO) links to log into CITI and Enroll in the selected course:
- Human Subjects Biomedical Research - Basic Course
- Human Subjects Social-Behavioral-Educational Researchers Basic Course
- OHRP: Human Research Protection Foundational Training Course
If you are accessing this from outside of Yale’s Central Authentication Service (CAS), proceed to Step 2.
- Select “Add a Course” (scroll down to the bottom of the page) and choose one initial/basic CITI HSP Training under the Human Subjects Research heading. We accept the CITI Biomedical Research Basic or the CITI Social Behavioral Educational Researchers Basic as an initial HSP training.
- Choose: “Yes, I want to take courses on Human Subject Research”
- Choose “Biomedical Research” or “Social Behavioral Educational Researchers”
- Choose; “Yes”: “Please give me the basic course”
- Choose “Yes” (I want to take modules for Biomedical Research-Basic Course)
- The course will appear on your dashboard. Click start and complete the course. Your Workday Learning transcript will then auto-update within 2 business days.
Note: If you are NOT employed by Yale University but you must complete CITI training, you can access the training by logging into CITI directly. The completion record of the training will need to be provided to Yale IRB in IRES IRB system at the time of protocol submission.
Refresher Training Requirements
Refresher training requirement can be met by completing any Human Subjects Protection Training module from CITI Basic Training. Important: other types of training from CITI such as GCP or Responsible Conduct of Research will NOT satisfy Human Subjects Protection Training requirement.
- If you have completed training through another institution, please, send your certificate to irb.training@yale.edu;
- If you need to complete the refresher training, ensure that you do so through Yale Workday Learning website so that your completion in CITI is automatically recorded in Workday, which will then show in IRES IRB system.
Instructions on how to complete the refresher training via CITI
Steps to complete initial training via CITI.
- Log into your Learning Homepage in Workday
- Verify that the Human Subject Protection Training - Refresher appears under Required Training section
- If it does not, do one of the following:
- Ask your manager to manually assign you the requirement in Workday; OR
- Email learning@yale.edu to ask for the manual assignment; OR
- Email irb.training@yale.edu to request a manual assignment.
- Click on the Human Subjects Protection Training- Refresher that was assigned to you;
- Look at the blue radio button on the right, under a photo:
- a. If it states ‘Enroll’, click on it and then Submit in the window that will appear - the status should change to Start Program;
- Click Start Program under the photo. Note that if you’ve taken the refresher training before, the button may instead say ‘Retake Program’.
- In the description of the program, locate a link to CITI and click on it;
- You will be redirected to CITI webpage and may need to log into it using YCAS;
- If you are already logged into Yale’s CAS, then use one of the following Single Sign-On (SSO) links to log into CITI and Enroll in the selected course:
- Human Subjects Biomedical Research - Refresher Course(Link is external)
- Human Subjects Social-Behavioral-Educational Researchers - Refresher Course(Link is external)
If you are accessing this from outside of Yale’s Central Authentication Service (CAS), proceed to Step 2.
- “Select “Add a Course” (scroll down to the bottom of the page), select either the CITI Biomedical Research Refresher or the CITI Social Behavioral Educational Researchers Refresher. You will have the option of selecting the “refreshers” option so you can complete one refresher to update your training for three years.
- Choose: “Yes, I want to take courses on Human Subject Research”
- Choose “Social Behavioral Educational Researchers” or “Biomedical Research Refresher”
- Choose: “No, I need a refresher”
- Choose: “Yes” (I want to take modules for Social Behavioral Educational or Biomedical Research Refresher)
- Choose any modules from the list.
- The module will appear on your dashboard. Click start and complete the selected modules. Your Workday Learning transcript will then auto-update within 2 business days.
Additional Training Opportunities
Investigators may feel that additional training should be provided to their research staff in addition to the required training through CITI. One option is to contact the HRPP office and request a specific training for the research team (e.g., one that is focused specifically on obtaining informed consent). You can also review training sessions that have been previously presented by the HRPP and can also take advantage of training opportunities provided by other institutions or federal agencies such as the ones listed below.
Human Subjects Protection Training for Community Partners
CIRTification: Community Involvement in Research Training is a human research protection training program designed especially for community partners. If your research involves community members recruiting research participants, obtaining informed consent, or collecting data, this training is appropriate for you study team members. Visit the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Training Center website to access the training.
Educational Sessions offered by the HRPP
Videos and PowerPoint Presentations forthcoming