Training for Committee Members

R&D Committee

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) requires Research and Development (R&D) Committee voting members and the Chair to complete two modules on ethical principles of human research protection every three years.  

This training consists of the two required Ethics Modules included in each stage of the training for Human Subjects Protection. This has been set up for each VA facility as a separate course, and it is recommended that each member of the R&D Committee be encouraged to enroll in that course.  

After enrollment, those who also complete Human Subjects Protection training will automatically be credited with completing the R&D Committee member training, so this will not increase their training burden.  

Only those R&D Committee members who do not otherwise complete the Human Subjects Protection training required by VA will have to complete additional modules for this course. 

• Refresher Training. Learners must complete two (2) required Ethics Modules selected by ORD.

To change your station's requirements in CITI, please send a request from the AO/R&D, ACOS/R&D to ORD CITI Training Administrators at CITI.Training@va.gov.  

If you have any technical problems, comments, or suggestions about the CITI site and navigation through it, please contact ORD CITI Training Administrators at CITI.Training@va.gov. 

NOTE: All other applicable VA and VHA training requirements at the local and national level must be met (e.g., privacy and VA information security training).

To view other Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mandated trainings, please go to the EES intranet site at ILEAD (sharepoint.com). To sign in to TMS, go to https://www.tms.va.gov/SecureAuth35/. 

IRB Committee

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) does not require specific training for Institutional Review Board (IRB) Members or Chairs, these training requirements are local HRP determinations. 

ORD recommends that IRB members complete training in the ethical principles on which human subjects research is to be conducted no less frequently than every 3 years. 

This training is available in CITI: 

• Initial Training. Learners complete two (2) required Ethics Modules selected by ORD, plus 6 additional modules from a selected list of 28 elective modules. 
• Refresher Training. Learners complete two (2) required Ethics Modules selected by ORD, plus 6 additional modules from a selected list of 42 elective modules. 

To change your station's requirements in CITI, please send a request from the AO/R&D, ACOS/R&D to ORD CITI Training Administrators at CITI.Training@va.gov.  

If you have any technical problems, comments, or suggestions about the CITI site and navigation through it, please contact ORD CITI Training Administrators at CITI.Training@va.gov. 

NOTE: All other applicable VA and VHA training requirements at the local and national level must be met (e.g., privacy and VA information security training). 

To view other Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mandated trainings, please go to the EES intranet site at ILEAD (sharepoint.com). To sign in to TMS, go to https://www.tms.va.gov/SecureAuth35/. 

IACUC Committee

See required training for staff involved in the use of animals in research.

SRSS and IBC Committees

See the Biosafety & Biosecurity Program.