RCR Program
Next in-person course zoom scheduled for May 22, 11:00 am to noon.
- No registration for the live Zoom session is required.
- Participants must join the session using a valid UC Davis NetID.
https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/91720029197?pwd=Z3RKaUxIak1xRjc0UXI2aVVkNm0xQT09
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Online Training
The Research Compliance and Integrity Office (RCI) in the Office of Research at UC Davis has contracted with the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) to provide online training in Responsible Conduct of Research. (RCR) These online courses are designed for faculty and staff members, graduate students and undergraduate students who are interested in or focusing on the research areas listed below. The courses satisfy federal regulations that require RCR training as a part of grant and contracts terms and conditions.
- NOTE: These RCR courses are not completed in lieu of the basic courses in human subjects or lab animal welfare.
- If you are unsure which course to select, please contact the Office of Research Compliance and Integrity Compliance Coordinator, Elizabeth “Liz” Chase at eschase@ucdavis.edu
CITI PROGRAM REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
- Create your CITI program account (skip this step if you are a CITI registered user and move to) Visit the CITI website: Research, Ethics, and Compliance Training | CITI Program
- Choose “Register” and Type “Davis” or “University of California, Davis” to “Select Your Organization Affiliation.”
- Click on “Create CITI Program Account”
- Type your personal information [name/email].(Please use your UC Davis email)
- Create your Username and Password (UC Davis does not track passwords)
- Select your country of residence & click yes when asked if they might contact you. (NOTE: If you do not have an ORCID ID leave that step blank).
- If you are unsure of your role, contact the Office of Research Compliance and Integrity Compliance Coordinator, Elizabeth “Liz” Chase at eschase@ucdavis.edu
- Courses
- Go to the top of the page and select My Courses, under Institutional Courses, you should see University of California, Davis and a Blue Box that says View Courses.
- Select the View Courses Box.
- You should now see a drop down list for University of California, Davis. Please select the Institutional List. If you are affiliated with UC Davis correctly, you will never select the Independent Learner
- If you see your name and a Welcome at the top of the page you are in the right place.
- Scroll down and you see Active Courses, Courses Ready to Begin and Courses Completed. After courses completed there is a box titled Learner Tools for University of California, Davis.
- Now you need to Add a Course. Select the Add a Course and you will be taken to the Select Curriculum
- Select Curriculum
- You will be asked 13 questions in this section; you can leave most questions blank if you are unsure but note that you MUST answer question 5 & question 7.
- Question 5 – You may choose to enroll in a course or select “No, I do not want to enroll in the GCP Course.” (However, this is not a requirement for the Responsible Conduct of Research curriculum.)
- Question 7 – You MUST select a discipline to have access to RCR. Please select the answer that most closely relates to your field of research. If you are unsure what to select, contact Elizabeth “Liz” Chase at eschase@ucdavis.edu
- Finally you will answer the last question.
- Select Submit. If you have unanswered required question, you will be sent back to the beginning of the questions and must re-enter your selections.
- Access Modules
- Select My Courses at the top of the page.
- You should now see the seven required modules within your list and supplemental modules. Complete each of the required modules.
- Required Modules:
- Authorship (RCR-Basic) (ID 16597)
- Conflicts of Interest (RCR-Basic) (ID 16599)
- Data Management (RCR-Basic) (ID 16600)
- Mentoring (RCR-Basic) (ID 16602)
- Peer Review (RCR Basic (ID16603)
- Plagiarism (RCR Basic) (ID 15156)
- Research Misconduct (RCR-Basic) (ID 16604)When you complete the required modules, you will be shown a list of supplemental modules, UC Davis encourages you to complete any supplemental modules that are directly relevant to your research.
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- Supplemental Modules:
- Research, Ethics and Society (RCR-Basic) (ID 15198)
- Reproducibility of Research Results (IC17756)
- Supplemental Modules:
- Live Zoom Modules offered by the University of California, Davis
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- In addition to the seven required CITI modules, RCI will provide one in-person course monthly starting January 2023. These modules are offered the fourth Monday of every month from 11:00 am to noon via Zoom https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/91720029197?pwd=Z3RKaUxIak1xRjc0UXI2aVVkNm0xQT09 No registration for the live Zoom session is required. Participants must join the session using a valid UC Davis NetID.
- Topics include, but not limited to, conflicts of interest, human subjects research, animal subjects research, research misconduct, authorship and publication and other topics that meet federal RCR requirements.
- For programs and sponsors that wish all trainings to be in-person, the monthly in-person zoom modules may be substituted for the CITI on-line trainings.
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- RCI will provide one in-person course monthly starting January 2023. These live Zoom modules are offered the fourth Monday of every month from 11:00 am to noon via Zoom https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/91720029197?pwd=Z3RKaUxIak1xRjc0UXI2aVVkNm0xQT09 No registration for the live Zoom session is required. Participants must join the session using a valid UC Davis NetID.
- Topics include, but not limited to, conflicts of interest, human subjects research, animal subjects research, research misconduct, authorship and publication and other topics that meet federal RCR requirements.
- All participants retain the ability to unmute microphones to pose questions and/or engage with the speaker.
- Participants may also use Zoom Chat. The meeting moderator will also monitor the Zoom Chat and alert the speaker to any questions or comments.
- Participants may also use the “raise hand” feature to alert the speaker and moderator when you have a question.
- RCR Certificate of Completion will be issued by the UC Davis compliance coordinator once attendance for 8 zoom modules has been completed.
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Certificate of Completion
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- The minimum passing score is 80%. You may retake any quiz that you did not pass.
- Once the course is completed, you can print a copy of the training certificates by logging in to CITI, using your username and password and clicking the “Print” link under the Completion Reports column in My Courses. A copy will be sent automatically to UC Davis.
- RCR Certificate of Completion will be issued by the UC Davis compliance coordinator once attendance for 8 zoom modules has been completed.
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Questions:
Questions should be addressed the Office of Research Compliance and Integrity Compliance Coordinator, Elizabeth “Liz” Chase at eschase@ucdavis.edu NOTE: CITI RCR Training does not address the requirements for IRB, IACUC or any other training requirements.