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The Board recommends the
on-line instruction program of the National Cancer Institute as a source of
education concerning human research. After completing this on-line program
entitled Human Participant Protections, Education for Research Teams,
the investigator can print a certificate which the Institutional Review Board will
accept as documentation of the required instruction. A copy of this certificate
for each investigator should be submitted with the application for normal or
expedited review of a research proposal. It is not required if the research is
exempt from the requirement of Institutional Review Board review. The Board will also accept
documentation of instruction and education from other sources, provided that the
material covered equals or exceeds that provided by the above site. The Board also reserves the right to require additional education and
instruction of investigators who are conducting human research associated with
unusually complex ethical issues.
The MSU Institutional
Review Board follows the policy required of National Institutes of Health grantees
concerning education and instruction in the ethical conduct of human research
and the protection of human subjects. Before a research proposal can be
approved, the Institutional Review Board must receive documentation (copy of
certificate of completion) that all
investigators involved in the proposed research have received such education and
instruction. This also holds true for Exempt proposals.
Sites offering on-line instruction:
Protecting Human Research Participants (http://phrp.nihtraining.com
NIH Policy on education of
investigators involved in human research: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-00-039.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Office for Human Research Protections:
http://137.187.172.153/CBTs/Assurance/login.asp