South Florida VA Foundation for Research & Education

Training

Mandatory Training for all Staff

All personnel involved in VA Research must take annual courses in:

    1.   VA Research Data Security & Privacy, 

    2.   VHA Privacy Policy Training, and

    3.   VA Cyber Security Awareness

This includes (but is not limited to) all VA Research Office personnel, investigators, study coordinators, research assistants, trainees such as house officers and students, administrative support staff (including secretaries and clerks), and members of the IRB and Research & Development Committee.  This includes compensated and without compensation (WOC) employees, and IPAs.  If research involves human subjects, they must also have annual training in Good Clinical Practices and the ethical principles of human subjects protection (see below).

Human Studies Training

All personnel participating in the design, conduct or analysis of research involving human subjects must obtain certification of human studies training by completing all modules of the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI).  See the Investigator Manual above for more details.

Animal Studies Training

All new employees MUST complete this training BEFORE conducting research with animals.  This training is in addition to the VA orientation training.   Contact Stephanie Weaver at (305) 575-3531 or (305) 575-3179 if you have any questions about this training.

1.  Go to www.aalas.org
2.  Click Online Resources
3.  Click on AALAS Learning Library
4.  Click on Animal Care and  Use Courses
5.  Click on Free Courses
6.  Choose a course*
7.  Scroll to bottom of course outline and click "course"
8.  Click on "Continue without logging in"
9.  After completing module, take Final Course Exam
10. After completing exam, print results page
11. Place results page in my Research Office mailbox

      * Required courses for all VA employees are as follows:
              Working with the IACUC
              Conflict of interest
              Biosecurity
              Anesthesia and Analgesia
              Introduction to Research Animal Methodologies**
              Mouse Biomethodologies***

      ** Complete only the species you will be specifically working with
     *** Only for individuals working with mice