RCR TRAINING INFORMATION

Florida International University promotes responsible conduct of research practicing high standards of ethics and accountability in planning, implementation, behavior and information dissemination.  Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to provide safe work environments, which foster the values of a shared responsible community.

Effective July 15, 2008: The RCR Training will be required for all graduate students filing an M2 Form or D3 Form submission with the University Graduate School (UGS). Please direct all M2 and D3 submission questions to the UGS office staff.

This training is also required for all students and employees supported by NIH and all other funding agencies in the U.S. Public Health Service (a listing of PHS agencies can be found at http://www.hhs.gov/pharmacy/pp/DHHSpresent).  The RCR certificate program is intended for all “research staff” in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Research Program (IRP) who have “direct and substantive involvement in proposing, performing, reviewing or reporting research, or who receive research training.” That includes senior investigators, tenure-track investigators, staff scientists and clinicians, research and clinical fellows, pre– and postdoctoral trainees, technicians, research nurses, and special volunteers or guest researchers involved in these activities. This program fulfills the training requirement for individuals supported on research and training grants from the NIH and Public Health Service (PHS).

FIU provides the CITI Course in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) designed to be used by institutions or organizations and it provides a comprehensive basic course in RCR.  This course was partially funded by DHHS's Office of Research Integrity. 

The Social & Behavioral RCR Course includes the following topics:
 

• Introduction to Research Misconduct

• Social & Behavioral Research Misconduct

• Data Acquisition and Management

• Responsible Authorship

• Peer Review

• Mentoring

• Conflicts of Interest and Commitment

• Collaborative Relationships

Instructions on registration:

1) Go to http://www.citiprogram.org 
2) As a "new" user, you will need to click "Register Here" to register
3) Select "Florida International University" from the Participating Institutions and click "submit"
4) Create a unique username and password and click "submit"
5) Enter your personal information (first name, last name, email) and click "submit"
6) Continue entering additional information (gender, degree, etc) and click "submit"
7) You should now be able to access the training courses menu
8) Please scroll down the page to question #6 for a listing of the RCR Courses

Select one of the following RCR Courses for completion:

• CITI Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research Course

• CITI Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research Course

• CITI Physical Science Responsible Conduct of Research Course

• CITI Humanities Responsible Conduct of Research Course

You will have the opportunity to print a Training Certificate upon completion of the training course and exam. Please keep an original copy for your records.
 

ADDITIONAL RCR RESOURCES

ORI Introduction to RCR by Nicholas Steneck, PhD - "This booklet introduces the reader to the nine RCR core instructional areas in four sections that follows research from inception to planning, conducting, reporting, and reviewing research."  Note: The ORI booklet may take a few minutes to download, so please be patient.

On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research - "This booklet makes the point that scientific knowledge is defined collectively through discussion and debate."