Education & Training
Ongoing education and training in protection of human subjects is a federal requirement.
The HRPO takes a proactive approach and works collaboratively with other research entities to provide ongoing education and training. To ensure the safe conduct of all individuals engaged in human subjects research the following education/training programs are required and/or offered at UMB:
HRPO Required Education/Training
The following are REQUIRED to conduct Human Participant Research at UMB :
CITI Training
University of Miami's Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) provides a comprehensive selection of educational modules appropriate for the nature of research with which an investigator is engaged. The modules include:
- 18 basic modules focused on Biomedical Research
- 17 basic modules focused on Social and Behavioral Research
You must affiliate with “University of Maryland Baltimore” (NOT “University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine”) to access the correct course for the protection of human subjects in research.
Please read the following CITI training instructions before starting the CITI modules.
CITI Training Instructions
The Human Research Protections Office (HRPO) requires All individuals (including IRB members) engaged in human participant research at the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) to take the UMB-specific CITI Training human participant protections training.
Individuals are required to only take the modules, Social/Behavioral OR Biomedical, most related to the type of research in which they are engaged.
The CITI training must be completed every two years in order to continue conducting human participant research at UMB. If you have taken the CITI Training within the last year, you are only required to take the refresher course on the anniversary of your initial completion.
For general questions regarding the UMB CITI training, please contact Deborah Grady, QI Specialist, at 410-7067735 or dgrady@som.umaryland.edu.
For general questions regarding the VA CITI training, please contact Holly Bowen at 410-605-5063 or via email at holly.bowen@va.gov
HIPAA Training
National health information privacy standards have been issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The HIPAA Privacy Rule is the first comprehensive Federal protection for the privacy of personal health information. Research organizations and researchers may or may not be covered by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Covered entities may use and disclose protected health information (PHI) for research with authorization or without individual authorization under limited circumstances.
UMB policy requires that all individuals employed at UMB must take HIPAA 125 (formally HIPAA 101 and HIPAA 120), regardless of whether they are engaging in research. Additionally, all individuals engaging in research at UMB are also required to complete HIPAA 201.
Logon to HIPAA Training/Access Courses. Your username is your 6 digit employee ID number and your password is your first name. For assistance logging into the HIPAA training, please contact the School of Medicine (SOM) help desk at 410-706-3998 for assistance.
UM SOM Clinical Research Billing
View this online training on the Center for Clinical Trials website.
HRPO Optional Education/Training
Additional Education/Training
Good Practices in Clinical Research (GCP's)
Good Practices in Clinical Research is an interactive web-based course for physicians. The course describes the principles of Good Clinical Practices and covers a wide range of topics that include: introduction to clinical research, ethical considerations, applied statistics, planning and implementation of clinical trials, conducting clinical trials and the future of clinical research.
Additionally, an excellent PowerPoint presentation, "Human Research Protections: Historical, Ethical & Regulatory Perspectives for Good Clinical Practices" , is offered and should be reviewed by anyone involved in human research.