You certainly have a good training program!

What will be UMDNJ's plan for meeting NIH's requirement that proposals (or
J-I-T proposal completions) provide information on this training for each
key person on a grant?

Chuck

At 02:52 PM 9/14/00 -0400, you wrote:
>At UMDNJ we have implemented a mandatory web based training program for
>human subjects protection with a web based test.  This is the first of six
>or so modules that will cover all of the research education requirements
>from ORI.
>
>At the completion of the HS protection course and test, there is an
>automated certificate that is printed out so the investigator can present it
>when needed to document their completion of training.  We set the bar at a
>minimum of 80% on the test.
>
>Then if anyone needs CME or CEU credits, they fill out an evaluation and
>apply for the 3 contact hours and then the Office of Continuing Education
>sends them a formal credit form for this part.
>
>Our programers have programmed in a listing of all those who have taken and
>passed the course.  If someone fails the course more than twice, then they
>will receive remedial help from their dean prior to being allowed to take
>the course again.
>
>The course, test, evaluation, issue of certificate of completion for the
>course and the CME credit notices are all automatically distributed with
>appropriate listings of course completion to those individuals that need to
>have that information (ie Deans, IRB Office, Research Office).
>
>Our president notified all of the faculty of this requirement, then followed
>up with long on instructions when the training was on-line to emphasize the
>importance of this.  Also each faculty was told that this was the only
>acceptable training at this institution.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>P.S. If you want to log on to a summary of the course you can address it at
>http://www.umdnj.edu/ and click on research and it is accessable on this
>page.
>
>Barbara J. LoDico
>IRB Administrator
>UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
>185 So. Orange Ave. MSB C-692
>Newark, NJ 07103-2714
>Phone: 973-972-3608
>Fax:  973-972-3585
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG]On Behalf
>Of Herbert B. Chermside
>Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 12:45 PM
>To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>Subject: Human Subjects Education II
>
>
>This was asked before, and I didn't see many answers.  We're trying to set
>our policy practice now.  Therefore, I offer this survey.  If you respond
>to the list OR directly to me, I'll collate the answers and post back to
>the list about Tuesday.  Promise!
>
>1)  Does anyone have a system of human subjects education that necessarily
>catches everyone involved in human subjects research, and plans to send a
>central form letter to that effect with each proposal?  (We'd hoped to do
>this, but our documented education may not be broad enough; some colleagues
>had hoped for such a simple and transparent system.)
>
>2)  Does anyone have a system of human subjects education that provides the
>individual with certification of completion/passing, and plans to require
>PI's to collect copies and include in proposals?  (We may do this; a couple
>of other places have indicated they would.)  If so, will there be any
>central office review of completeness, i.e., inclusion for each named key
>investigator?
>
>3)  Who is going to leave it completely in the hands of the investigators
>to describe their human subjects education?  (Maybe the easiest for
>institutions with few NIH proposals.)
>
>4)  Who is going to set up a central documentation system and write a
>central letter that certifies for each key investigator on a proposal?
>
>5)  Any other plans?
>
>Chuck
>Herbert B. Chermside, CRA
>Director, Sponsored Programs Administration
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Richmond, VA  23298-0568
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