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Education Requirement
Education in human subjects protection is required for all faculty, staff, and
students. Educational requirements include the completion of
the foundation requirement and annual continuing education in
subsequent calendar years. This education must be completed and documented
before research is started and before enrolling in the following
courses: special project, directed research, thesis and dissertation.
Registration Holds!
A registration hold will be placed on students who have not complied
with this requirement.
If you receive a registration hold, complete the
requirements below and allow for 48 business hours for
your paperwork to be processed. Students should contact COPH Academic and Student Affairs
Office at 974-6505 to request that the hold be removed
after 48 business hours. Please Note: You will not be able to register
for any courses until this requirement has been met. Students should complete this requirement
well in advance in order to register before classes fill
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Steps to Complete Education Requirement for Human Subjects Protection
In
order to register for the above listed courses, students must
do the following:
- Go to: USF’s Mandatory Investigator Education for Human Subject
Protections webpage, scroll to Foundation
Requirement, 1. Required Readings, complete all readings listed.
- Go to: USF’s
Courses in Human Subject Protections webpage, scroll to Foundation and then choose to complete one
of the following courses.
- NIH NCI
- Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams (To begin, either log in as a
returning user or click on the new user registration link
on the left. Remember to print out certificate of completion
when finished.)
- CITI Basic
Course in the Protection of Human Research Subjects (Register for the CITI Course.
A certificate of completion will be emailed directly
to the student)
- Other courses
are listed as an option, but COPH recommends one of the
two courses listed above.
- Download and print the Investigators
Responsibility Certification form. Read the form completely
and sign it.
Document Submission Process
Once the above steps are completed,
the following original documents should be submitted to
Priscilla Snyder (813-974-1174), Office of Research, COPH,
Rm. 1150 or via fax at
813-974-0959:
- Certificate of Completion (NIH
or CITI Foundation course)
- Signed Investigators Responsibility
Certification form
- Current Resume (for students)
and CV (for Faculty and Staff)
If you have faxed in your documents, you must mail the
originals to Priscilla Snyder, Office of Research at
13201 Bruce B. Downs
Blvd.
MDC 56 Tampa, FL 33612.
Annual Continuing
Education Requirement
Education must be completed each year by investigators and key personnel
involved in all studies except exempted studies. Completion
of the foundation course meets the requirement for the
first year. Beginning in 2004, the renewal period is based
upon the calendar year. The CE requirement may be met
by taking any IRB-approved CE course at any time during
the renewal period, which now ends December 31st of
each year. The same process of
submitting the documents should be followed for meeting
the CE requirement. For a list of CE courses,
click here.
Questions?
- Education & Training: John
Arnaldi, USF Division of Research Compliance, 813-974-7363
IRB
Applications
IRB Approval is required for faculty before a grant account may be set
up.
IRB approval is also required
for
students conducting research projects. IRB
Research Compliance will inform you whether you need IRB approval.
Helpful
External Links:
Questions?
- IRB Application Process: Division
of Research Compliance, 813-974-5638
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