Institutional Compliance Training Resources at Tufts University
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| Title or Subject | Brief Description of Subject or Key Items Covered | Required or Recommended and for Whom? | Method and Medium |
| Human Subjects Protection - Boston IRB | |||
| Collaborative IRB Training Initiative(CITI) | Mandatory training for new PI and research team members conducting human subject research. Continuing education for existing PI/research team members. | For details see: http://tnemcirb.tufts.edu?pid=40 | Additional Information |
| Investigator 101 | This two-part program provides basic information on the topics of ethics in research and investigator compliance with federal regulations | Required for all research team members conducting clinical research through the Boston IRB who have not completed either the Rochester or NIH program before March 1, 2004. Recommended for all clinical research investigators. | Online, including a test Additional Information |
| Research Compliance: Basic Requirements and Accurate Record Keeping | General Overview of the Regulatory Compliance Environment; OHRP Compliance Areas of Interest and Findings; Role of IRB; Initial and Continuing Review; Recruiting Subjects; Informed Consent Process; 23 Categories of Recordkeeping Essentials | Required for all research team members conducting clinical research through the Boston IRB whose responsibilities involve one or more of these areas, in the judgment of the PI. | Online and post-test/evaluation Additional Information |
| Recognizing and Reporting Adverse Events During a Clinical Trial | Defines an adverse event and explains both the IRB's and federal policies and standards for reporting adverse events and impact on studies. | Required for all research team members conducting clinical research through the Boston IRB whose responsibilities involve these areas, in the judgment of the PI. | Online and post-test/evaluation Additional Information |
| What Researchers Need to Know about Investigational Drugs and Devices under FDA Regulations (INDs/IDEs) | All of the IRB and Regulatory Requirements for Investigational Drugs and Devices | Required for all research team members conducting clinical research through the Boston IRB whose responsibilities involve FDA regulated research, in the judgment of the PI. | Online and post-test/evaluation Additional Information |
| The Impact of HIPAA on Clinical Research | Clinical Trials and HIPAA after August 2002 Privacy Rule | This or the following HIPAA lecture is required for all researchers conducting clinical research in a covered entity (T-NEMC, TUSDM) or using patient information obtained from a covered entity. | Online and post-test/evaluation Additional Information |
| A Practical Guide to HIPAA Issues for Research at TNEMC and TUHSC | HIPAA and how it affects research at T-NEMC and TUHSC | This or the prior HIPAA lecture is required for all researchers conducting clinical research in a covered entity (T-NEMC, TUSDM) or using patient information obtained from a covered entity. | Online and post-test/evaluation Additional Information |
| IRB Review of Social and Behavioral Science Research | Explanation of the principles and regulations governing social, behavioral and educational research | Recommended for researchers conducting social, behavioral or educational research. | Online Additional Information |
| Adverse Events and Human Subjects Research | Explains the regulations and reporting requirements surrounding various types of adverse events and offers practical advice. | Recommended for clinical researchers and IRB members. | Online Additional Information |
| Data Safety Monitoring Plans and Boards in Clinical Research-What are They Anyway? | Discusses the need for Data Safety Monitoring Plans and Boards and Integrating Adverse Events in the Protocol, Planning and Reporting Process | Recommended for clinical investigators and IRB members. | Online Additional Information |
| Ethical Issues in Research With Children and Pregnant Women | Federal regulations, consent considerations and ethical issues related to these research subjects | Recommended for clinical investigators and IRB members involved with this subject. | Online Additional Information |
| Informed Consent to Research | History of Concern with Informed Consent; Study Risks and Benefits; Therapeutic Misconception; Competence and Impaired Capacity; Remedial Interventions; Competence Assessment and Use of Advance Directives | Recommended for clinical researchers and IRB members. | Online Additional Information |
| Responsible Conduct of Research: Research Misconduct | Definitions of Research Misconduct; Institutional Policies; Procedures for Reporting and Investigating; Findings and Practices; Resolution of Investigations | Recommended for investigators. | Online Additional Information |
| Conflict of Interest | Discussion of various situations and relationships that can give rise to conflicts of interest involving research | Recommended for researchers interested in this subject. | Online Additional Information |
| Ethics of the Use of Living Research Subjects | Perspectives on the history and ethical use of animals in research; description of the regulatory environment that applies to the care and use of animals in research | Recommended for researchers interested in this subject. | Online Additional Information |
| The Ethics of Human Subjects Research from Compliance to Conscience | Discusses ethics in human subject research from Nuremberg to the present; the development of federal oversight and current emerging trends | Recommended for researchers interested in this subject. | Online Additional Information |
| The Privacy Rule - Have the Nuts and Bolts Changed? | Some practical HIPAA issues for research identified and explained after the implementation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule | Recommended for clinical researchers who may handle PHI (protected health information). | Online Additional Information |
| Social, Behavioral and Educational (SBER) IRB | |||
| Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program (CITI) | Basic Modules on Human Subject Protections for Social, Behavioral and Educational Research | Required for all SBER IRB Members & investigators (faculty, research staff, students, faculty research advisers and research assistants). Exception - Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (IRB exemptions only). | Online Additional Information |
| Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program (CITI) | Refresher Modules on Human Subject Protection for Social, Behavioral and Educational Research | Individuals requiring continuing or self-identified additional training,
or corrective education. | Online Additional Information |
| Fletcher Reading | IRB educational reading | Required for all Fletcher investigators (faculty, research
staff students, student research advisers and research assistants)
applying for IRB exemption. | Online Additional Information |
| Medford Research Administration | |||
| (Grant) Budget Preparation Tips | Topics include general information about regulatory
compliance, grant budget preparation tools, budget detail, justification
and document preparation. | Recommended
for faculty members and researchers submitting grant proposals, department
administrators. | Work shop with Power
Point Additional Information |
| Research Animal Care and Use - Boston Campus | |||
| Initial Mandatory Animal
Care and Use Seminar | Topics include:
History of laboratory animal regulations; Federal and state regulations;
Institutional policies; IACUC and its responsibility; Protocols and
amendments; Monitoring compliance and reporting non-compliance; Federal
reports and site inspections; Minimizing pain and distress in laboratory
animals; Searching for alternatives to painful/distressful procedures;
Justification of animal numbers; Post-procedural care and monitoring;
Facility access and husbandry; Occupational health and safety; Use of
anesthetics and analgesics; Importations, exportations, transportation and
ordering; Endpoints and DLAM health checks; Proper euthanasia. | Required within the first 3 months for anyone
on the Boston campus who has contact with live animals and all IACUC
members. | PowerPoint presentation with
lecture and small group discussion Additional Information |
| Renewal Mandatory Animal Care and
Use | Renewal training topics are
similar to initial training topics. | Required every three years for anyone on the Boston campus
who has contact with live animals and all IACUC members. | Online and post-test/evaluation Additional Information |
| Research Animal Care and Use - Medford Campus | |||
| Initial Mandatory Animal
Care and Use Seminar | Medford Campus
topics are the same as those for the Boston campus. | Required within the first 3 months for anyone on the Medford campus who has contact with live animals and all IACUC members. | Either PowerPoint presentation with lecture or small group discussion following the User's Guide (dependent on size of group) Additional Information |
| Research Animal Care and Use - Grafton Campus | |||
| IACUC Animal Welfare Training Video | Regulations and TCSVM policies regarding Animal Welfare of Research Animals | Required for all Grafton personnel listed on an IACUC Protocol, incoming veterinary students and all IACUC members. | Live lecture and video tape Additional Information |
| Other Research Training - Grafton Campus | |||
| GLP Annual Training | Good Laboratory Practices Regulations as mandated by the FDA for GLP Studies | Required for those who work under GLP studies | Lecture and PowerPoint presentation Additional Information |
| Environmental Health & Safety | |||
| Right To Know (Hazard Communication) Live Training | The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard is required for all new employees. Information about chemicals, steps to reduce exposures, substituting less hazardous materials, and establishing proper work practices. | Required for all new employees. | Lecture & handouts Additional Information |
| Right To Know (Hazard Communication) Online Training | This is the Online version of the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard which is required for all new employees and available to those who do not attend a live session. | Required for all new employees. | Online training Additional Information |
| RCRA Live Training | Hazardous waste satellite accumulation area rules | Required for all lab and facilities personnel once per year or see the Online version below as an alternative. | Lecture and Power Point Additional Information |
| RCRA Online training | This is the Online version of RCRA which is an alternative available to those not attending a live presentation. | Required for all lab and facilities personnel once per year or see the live version above as an alternative. | Online training Additional Information |
| Chemical Hygiene Online Training Module | This Online training module for Hazardous Chemicals includes proper waste handling and chemical storage. | Required for all new lab personnel in Grafton and recommended for all new lab personnel in Boston and Medford. | Online training Additional Information |
| Bloodborne Pathogens | Discussion of hazards of HBV, HCV, HIV, needle stick injuries, disposal of contaminated items, etc. Post-exposure actions to avoid infection. | Required annually for all at risk groups, medical and dental students, veterinary students, dental staff, medical staff, research scientists working with human source materials. | Lecture & handouts Additional Information |
| DOT Hazardous Materials Shipping Initial Training | Proper shipping and signage for hazardous waste and discussion of current regulations. | Required for all new EH&S or Facilities personnel signing hazardous waste manifests | Lecture and Handouts Additional Information |
| DOT Hazardous Materials Shipping Refresher Training | Proper shipping and signage for hazardous waste. Review of current regulations. | Required for all current EH&S or Facilities personnel signing hazardous waste manifests | Lecture and Handouts Additional Information |
| Radiation Safety- Initial and Refresher Training | Basic radiation physics principles; safe work practices; lab rules; regulations and conditions of license | Required for all individuals working with or in the vicinity of radioisotopes. | Lecture, PowerPoint, Handouts Additional Information |
| Laser Safety Training | This training includes laser system classifications; fundamentals of laser operations; bio-effects of laser radiation on eyes and skin; good safety practices; supervisor and employee responsibilities | Required once for all new users of Class IIIb or IV lasers. | Lecture & handouts Additional Information |
| Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) training | Discussion of Tufts' written SPCC Plan; oil storarage locations and loading procedures; review spill pathways, spill prevention and emergency response procedures | Required for all new facilities personnel who handle or store oil products and when there are significant changes to the plan or regulations | Lecture and Handouts Additional Information |
| Laboratory Hazards for Tufts Police | In-Service Laboratory Hazards Training for all Tufts Police Officers. First Responder Training | Required for all officers and senior staff. | Lecture & handouts Additional Information |
| Combined RCRA, Haz Comm, Confined Space, Lockout Tagout, Ladder Safety Training | RCRA, Haz Comm, Confined Space, Lockout Tagout and Ladder Safety regulations and procedures | Required for all Facilities supervisors and staff. | Lecture & handouts Additional Information |
| Chemistry Graduate Student Laboratory Safety Training | General Lab Safety Practices for Chemistry Grad student | Recommended for all chemistry graduate students. | Lecture and Handouts Additional Information |
| Boston School of Occupational Therapy Training | General Safety training for BSOT students | Required for all BSOT students. | Lecture and Handouts Additional Information |
| Safe Lifting-Preventing back injuries | Mailroom Staff and Supervisors | Safe Lifting Techniques to minimize the risk of back injuries. | Lecture & handouts Additional Information |
| Finance Division | |||
| Grant Management: Planning, Spending and Managing for Department Administrators | Topics covered include program income, the internal notice of grant award, proper acccounting, A21, A110, expense transfers, overexpenditures on grants, effort reporting and grant closeout. | Strongly recommended for all department administrators (dept managers, staff assistants, admin assistants, etc.) who support research faculty with grants. | Conducted in class, using PowerPoint presentation. Additional Information |
| Grant Management Compliance for the PI | Topics covered include program income, the internal notice of grant award, proper acccounting, A21, A110, expense transfers, overexpenditures on grants, effort reporting and grant closeout. The content in this course is more summarized than the prior grant management course. | Recommended for all investigators at Tufts. | Conducted in class, using power point presentation. Additional Information |
| PeopleSoft Reports | This course reviews the four basic PeopleSoft financial reports generated weekly: financial summary, transaction detail, open commitment, labor. Specific fields and drill down capability will be covered. | Recommended for all individuals who are designated as "manager" of each deptid and/or grant. Also recommended for those administrators who support such managers and provide assistance with budget and expenditure review. | Conducted in class, using PowerPoint presentation and logging into PeopleSoft Additional Information |
| Department Salary Reporting and Projections | This course is a two-part course (demonstration and computer lab) and is for all employees who, per their School's Budget and Fiscal Officer, is given access and responsibility for managing the salary of all associated employees for their department. Specifics of the class include downloading data for projections, analyzing actual salaries in different formats and review of salary expenditures from a budget management view. | Recommended for those who have access to this report. | Conducted in class, using power point presentation, followed by hands-on exercises in a computer lab (in class #2). Additional Information |
| Finance Forms, Policies and Procedures | Content includes all of the accounting forms used for internal and external procurement and the associated policies and procedures set by Tufts. Some federal regulations pertaining to the forms are covered. Areas of discussion will include interdepartmental requisitions, travel and business expense, hiring and paying consultants, requisitions and purchase orders and foreign tax/alien payment issues. | Recommended for all staff with financial administrative responsibilities, typically those persons that support managers, faculty or directors with the processing of finance forms. | Conducted in class, using PowerPoint presentation Additional Information |
| Grant Compliance Effort Reporting at Tufts Expense Transfers on Grants Obtaining a P-Card P-Card Guidelines Travel MasterCard The Tufts Marketplace | These courses are available as e-learning courses and each online course is no longer than 15 minutes in length | Strongly recommended for all department administrators(dept managers, staff assistants, admin assistants, etc.) who support research faculty with grants. | Go to http://learncenter.uit.tufts.edu to register to become a user. Use your utln as a user name. Allow 48 hours for security set-up. Online courses can be launched by clicking on Finance, then on Web Based Training. A tip sheet can be obtained by visiting http://finance.tufts.edu/training/downloads/learning_center_tips.pdf, then clicking on Learning Center Tip Sheet. |
| Privacy and Security | |||
| HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules | Training of individuals in "HIPAA covered entities" whose positions involve access to HIPAA protected medical information | Required for all individuals whose positions involve access to HIPAA protected information | Online training courses Additional Information |
| Gramm-Leach-Bliley | Video discusses the privacy and security obligations under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Applies to cerain operations that have access to nonpublic personal financial information. | Required of individuals in GLB covered offices, with access to nonpublic personal financial information, namely student financial services, bursar and treasury. | Online training courses Additional Information |
| Office for Institutional Diversity | |||
| Americans With Disabilities Act On-Line Training program | Legal requirements and general overview of ADA law. Some sensitivity to managing employees or /teaching students with disabilities is included. Includes a brief overview of Tufts ADA policy. | Required for all new and exisitng Tufts managers and faculty members. | Online web access Additional Information |
| Sexual Harassment On-Line Training Program | Legal overview of sexual harassment law; how to recognize sexual harassment in additionto the responsibilite's of managers. | Required for all new and exisitng Tufts managers and faculty chairs. | Online web access Additional Information |
| Remedial training | Training that OID requires a department/unit to host as a result of one or more grievances filed under the non-discrimination policy. Grievance(s) can either be substantiated or not. | Usually required or strongly recommended. | Lecture/small group participation-style Additional Information |
| Annual Sexual Harassment Training | Annual Sexual Harassment training that covers recent case law that may affect the internal processing of sexual harassment complaints. | OID staff, HR reps, sexual harassment resurce persons, legal counsel, and other upper-level managers required to attend. | Lecture/small group participation-style Additional Information |
| Annual Affirmative Action Training | Training for all affirmative action officers on the aa officers council on new and progressive changes to affirmative action law. | Required of all affirmative action officers. | Group/lecture OR individual training one on one by OEO staff Additional Information |