Online Clinical Reseach Training

Overview

The web-based Clinical Research Training course addresses one of the essential standards (Training and Education) approved by the NIH for performing clinical research in the Intramural Research Program. All NIH intramural clinical principal investigators are required to take the course and successfully complete a final exam.

The course may be taken at any time and requires approximately 4-5 hours to complete. In order to successfully complete the course, a score of 75% or higher must be attained on the final exam. An e-mail confirmation containing exam results will be automatically generated upon completion of the course.

Former participants of the "Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research" and "Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Human Subjects Research" who have passed both courses, as exhibited by successful completion of a final exam, are not required to take the course in order to fulfill the Training and Education standard for principal investigators.

To access the web-based offering of this course, click here: http://www.nihtraining.com/cc/crt/indexvideo.html

Topics

Topics covered in the course are:

• Ethical Issues in Human Subjects Research
• Roles and Responsibilities of the Investigator
• Roles and Responsibilities of the Institution
• Regulatory Issues
• Clinical Investigators and the Mass Media

Objectives

Objectives of the course are:

• To be aware of the ethical issues involved in human subjects research;
• To become familiar with the roles and responsibilities of the principal investigator and the institution when conducting clinical research in the NIH intramural research program;
• To have an understanding of FDA oversight of clinical research; and
• To become familiar with how developments in science and health are reported by the media and how to work effectively with reporters.

For more information

Please direct administrative questions about the course to: cc-od-ocrtme@mail.nih.gov (cc-od-ocrtme@mail.nih.gov)

Drawing of Louis Pasteur, colleague, and patient, courtesy of the New York Academy of Medicine.