Conduct/Coordinate Research with Human Participants

IRB Submissions and Human Research Protections

Human Research Office

Course description: Provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of principal investigators, administrators, and the Human Research Office (HRO); how to log into REDCap and an overview of key features of the system; how to differentiate between the types of IRB reviews; how to work with external IRBs; and how to submitted amendments and required reports to the HRO.

Conducting Clinical Research at UMMC

Office of Clinical Trials

Course description: Provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of principal investigators, administrators, and the Office of Clinical Trials (OCT); differentiate the confidentiality disclosure agreement (CDA) and clinical trial agreement (CTA) processes; summarize clinical trial budgeting policies and best practices; identify key features of the Velos eResearch system, and demonstrate how to closeout a clinical trial.

Human Subjects Research

Human Resource Office

Course description: The University of Mississippi Medical Center requires all individuals directly involved in the conduct of human subjects research to complete human subjects protection training before study involvement may begin. Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval will be withheld until the training requirement has been met by the Principal Investigator. This requirement applies to all persons who have a significant role in the research. All of these individuals should be listed as study personnel in the IRB application. The CITI initial Human Subjects Research course (either biomedical or social-behavioral) must be completed.

Conflict of Interest

Office of Integrity and Compliance

Course description: The University of Mississippi Medical Center requires all employees to complete Conflict of Interest training annually, as part of the Annual Compliance Training, and to disclose potential conflicts of interest and significant financial interests annually, at the time of application for PHS-funded research, and within 30 days of discovering/acquiring a new financial interest. This course is assigned automatically via Healthstream when due. COIs and financial interests can be disclosed here: https://exapps.umc.edu/conflictofinterest/admin/home

Good Clinical Practice

Human Research Office

Course description: This web-based course is offered through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program); course content includes three distinct courses tailored to the different types of clinical research: GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Medical Devices (U.S. FDA focus); GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Biologics (ICH Focus) and GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Medical Devices.

Responsible Conduct of Research

Human Research Office

Course description: This web-based course is offered through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program); the course offers three tracks, one with a biomedical focus, one with a social, behavioral, and educational focus and another designed for research administrators, each of which covers the historical development of human subjects protections as well as current information on regulatory and ethical issues.

Clinical Research Coordinator

Clinical Research Support Program

Course description: This web-based course is offered through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program); the course provides foundational and advanced role-based training for clinical research professional including operational and regulatory essentials, leadership and technical elements of clinical research coordination.

Refresher Course on Human Subjects Research