How to Complete the CITI Online Tutorial

1. How to Complete the CITI Online Tutorial Guidance for New Users Please note: Our previous online tutorials were NOT part of the CITI program. If you have never registered on the CITI website before, you are a NEW USER.

2. You can access the CITI program by going to the IRB homepage at: http://www.northshorelij.com/body.cfm?id=1073 Click on Researcher Registration & Education

3. Scroll down to Researcher Education for information on required education and access to the CITI program.

4. Or click on the link below to get to the CITI Login and Registration Page http://www.citiprogram.org/

5. This is the first page you should see after clicking on the CITI link.

6. If you are a new user (you have never taken the CITI tutorial before) click here – Please note: Our previous online tutorials were NOT part of the CITI program. If you have never registered on the CITI website before, you are a NEW USER.

7. Step 1. Click on the drop-down arrow – scroll down to North Shore-LIJ Health System – New York.

8. Step 2. Click on North Shore-LIJ Health System – New York. Please be careful when you make your selection. There are other institutions listed that have names similar to those within our System. The only acceptable choice in this window is North Shore-LIJ Health System – New York.

9. Step 3: Follow instructions for creating your username and password. Steps 4: Enter your first and last name where indicated.

10. Step 5: Follow instructions for entering your email address After entering your email address, click “Submit”

11. Click on drop-down arrow for course selection. See next slide for guidance on choosing which course you should take. Provide information as indicated.

12. If you are a new user – (you have never taken the CITI program before) you should only click on one of the first three choices. Choose the track that best corresponds to the research in which you are involved.

13. Click on Basic Human Subjects – Social & Behavioral Focus if your research is behavioral (i.e., study of overt actions; underlying psychological processes – cognition, emotion, temperament – motivation, and biobehavioral interactions, etc.) or social (i.e., studies of sociocultural, socioeconomic, and socio-demographic status; biosocial interactions, group interactions, cultural systems, societal influences, etc.) Click on Basic Human Subjects - Biomedical if your research involves the study of physical diseases and conditions, including detection, cause, treatment, etc., design of methods, drugs and devices used to diagnose, support and maintain patients during and after treatment, cellular and molecular bases of diseases, genetics, immunology, clinical trials, etc. Click on Basic Human Subjects – Biomedical & Social & Behavioral Focus if your research spans both categories.

14. After choosing your course, complete the other information fields and click “Submit”

15. Question 1: Follow instructions for choosing your learner group. Click here if your research studies physical diseases and conditions Click here if your research involves social and/or behavioral studies Click here if you work with data or lab specimens only. Click here if you are an NSLIJ IRB committee member. Click here if you work for the NSLIJ OIRB or ORC.

16. Question 2: New users must select the last choice. Since you are a new user (you have never taken the CITI program before) you MUST click here.(If you click on any of the choices above, you will not get credit for completing the CITI program.)

17. Question 3: These modules are currently optional. If you don’t want to take them, leave boxes unchecked and click “submit” to continue.

18. If you would like to register with an additional institution, see instructions below.

19. When you get to your Learner’s Menu check to make sure your email address is correct – you can also click on links to affiliate with another institution, change your username or password and obtain information about CME/CEU credits. Scroll down to “My Courses” to access modules.

20. Click on “Enter” to see the list of required modules.

21. Your list of required modules will depend on your chosen learner group, but will look very similar to this. As you complete each module, a completion date and score will automatically be entered.

22. You don’t have to finish all the modules in one sitting. You can go in and out of the CITI program using the same username and password with which you registered. Each time you log on to the program, you will be directed to your learner menu. There you can either click on “re-enter” to return to your required modules, or click “enter” to access one of the optional tutorials.

23. Your completion of all required modules will be noted on your Learner’s Menu. You should print a copy of your completion report for your files. You do NOT have to submit a copy to the IRB.

24. You can look at your course completion history and print a copy of your completion report at any time, by logging into CITI with your username and password.

25. Your Completion Report should look like this. Keep a copy for your records.

26. Click on the link below to get to the CITI Login and Registration Page http://www.citiprogram.org/ If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Bluhm at 516-719-3120 or nbluhm@nshs.edu.