Student Training

1. Log on to OneCampus using your Radford University email address and password. Search for CITI. Select this tile and you will be directed to the CITI website.   
2. If you do not already have a CITI account, click “Register” and create an account. 
3. Click “Select Your Organization Affiliation.” Using the drop-down list, select Radford University as your organization so that the cost of the training is covered by the university (otherwise the site will ask you to pay). This will also allow the Research Compliance Office to confirm the required CITI courses have been completed. 
4. Select “I AGREE to the Terms of Service, affirm your affiliation with Radford University, and click Create a CITI Program Account. 
5. Continue the steps to register.
6. Select the IACUC-required CITI course for research with vertebrate animals, “Working with the IACUC.” 
7. Your Principal Investigator and professor may require you to complete additional species-specific courses. e.g., If the protocol proposes the use of mice or rats, the PI may require the completion of courses such as "Reducing Pain and/or Distress in Laboratory Mice and Rats in Research" or "Working with Rats (or Mice) in Research Settings."  Check with your professor. 
8. Once you have completed the required CITI course(s), print/save a copy of your completion certificate and submit it to your instructor, the PI on the protocol.  Certificates of Completion do not need to be submitted to the IACUC. The IACUC Office will confirm the completion of the required courses in the CITI database. 
9. To change your Learner Group once a course has been selected, log in and select "Add a Course or Update Learner Groups", located just below your existing course options. 

An additional piece to the puzzle related to conducting research using vertebrate animals is your enrollment in the Occupational Health and Safety Program (OHSP).

Enrollment in OHSP is required for all students, faculty and staff who work with animals at Radford University.

OHSP training, information about the program, and required forms to be completed may be found on Radford University's Desire 2 Learn (D2L) platform.

1. Search for "Environmental Health and Safety Training." Your professor will request access to the training course for you from EHS.
2. Once your professor has requested access for you from EHS, go to "Content" and find the folder marked "OHS Training - Animal Contact." 
3. Select that folder and click on the link "OHSP Training" at the top, just under the description of the folder. This will open the animated training slides and the embedded quiz. 
4. The 3 forms in the folder marked “Required Documents to Complete for OHSP Enrollment” are the last piece of the health and safety evaluation to complete the IACUC training puzzle. 
5. The stuff offered (a physical, vaccinations) is optional, but you do have to fill everything out and sign them regardless of what you choose. Don’t forget to sign the form.
6. It is strongly recommended that you be up to date on your tetanus shots. Download these forms and open them in Adobe Acrobat. Fill them out, and sign them electronically, then submit them through the secure Dropbox link at the top of the D2L required forms folder.

If you do not have Adobe or cannot get the signature function to work for you properly, fill out the forms, print them, sign them, and then upload a scan or photo of the signed forms (all pages!) to the secure Dropbox. 

Your professor, the PI on the protocol, must provide documentation for protocol specific training on all personnel listed on an IACUC protocol using the Protocol Specific Training Record.

A copy of the completed training record must be kept in the lab with a hard copy of the approved IACUC protocol.