Every graduate student needs to know the guidelines for responsible conduct of research. Depending on the discipline, students need to have
training regarding rules and regulations for conducting research using animals or humans (including surveys) and details related to ownership of work. All doctoral students and all master's students should be prepared to learn about "Responsible Conduct of Research" training.
2) Responsible Conduct of Research Training
This seminar includes a "Work" session where graduate students and postdocs can work on their training modules so that they will be certified for responsible conduct of research in all disciplines.
- Lunch will be served.
- Wednesday, October 21, 2015. 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Lunch will be served.
- Commons 331
- AGENDA:
12:45 PM - Registration and Food - Room 331
1:00 PM - Overview of the IRB and RCR process - Room 331 ~1:45 - Begin working on the certification modules - Room 331 & 329
- Faculty and Postdocs who need to work on their certifications are also welcome to join in Commons 329. Room 329 will also serve as the overflow space for graduate student who need room to work on their certifications.
This is not a "regular" lecture. This session includes an introduction to both IRB training and RCR training. It is a work session that will include 30 minutes of overview, but the rest of the time will be set aside for you to work through your protocols for IRB Human Subjects, Responsible Conduct of Research, HIPAA, etc. UMBC's Office of Research Protections and Compliance utilizes the world-wide Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) certification modules for both the IRB and the RCR training.
PLEASE NOTE: RCR certification is REQUIRED for all graduate students who are engaged in research and working on either a master's thesis or a doctoral dissertation, regardless of funding source.
--> *IRB Certification* (separate from RCR) is required for all researchers who use human subject data (including surveys), regardless of funding source.
--> If you take the CITI Certification, you must pass the test at the 80% level. These modules can take 1.5 hours or more. This session provides you with time, a space, food, coffee, and snacks, to facilitate completion of the modules.
--> If you have already taken a course in Responsible Conduct of Research, and if acknowledgement of course completion can be referenced on your transcript, or through another certification process, then you do not have to have additional training. Otherwise, CITI is UMBC's recommended mechanism for certification.
--> PLEASE BRING YOUR LAPTOPS TO THIS SESSION
--> This training is *DIFFERENT* and *SEPARATE* from the Academic Integrity Tutorial that all graduate students take when they register for classes. Even though you took the tutorial when you registered for graduate school, you still must have RCR training.
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Workshop Facilitator: Timothy Sparklin, CIM, CIP, Campus Compliance Officer
About Tim Sparklin:
Tim is UMBC's Campus Compliance Officer. He has been at UMBC since 1992 and, since 1996,
been responsible for many areas of research compliance at the
university, including human participant protections, animal care and
use, and the education and training of investigators. His
responsibilites in the Human and Animal Research Protections Office
include human and animal use education and training, CITI consultation,
IRB and IACUC protocol consultation & pre-review, IRB and IACUC
post-approval, PAPM ( IRB protocol audits), and Responsible Conduct of
Research (RCR) education assistance. He holds a Master’s of Social Work
from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and has professional
certifications in the field of human research protections from the
National Association of IRB Managers (CIM) and the Council for
Certification of IRB Professionals (CIP).
For background, watch the videos on this topic:
UMBC will post and remind you about getting your RCR and IRB certifications during the week of October 19-23, 2015
