To register for training classes, go to https://www.citiprogram.org

Click on “Register Here.”
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Under Participating Institutions, choose “University of Houston-Clear Lake.” Do not choose University of Houston or your records will not be accessible to UHCL. Create a username and password (these do not have anything to do with your UHCL username and password). You must affiliate with UHCL first. You will be able to select additional institutions after providing the information required.
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Choose a security question and answer. Enter your name as you are known at UHCL. Enter your choice of email address.

Number 6 – DO NOT choose CME/CEU credits unless you know that you need them for your professional certification. Students will unlikely ever need this option. It does not cost individuals who are affiliated with UHCL to take the CITI Laboratory Animal Welfare training.
Number 7 – Most will choose “No, I am not interested at any price.” Please note that UHCL is not responsible for the cost of study guides.
Number 8 – It is your choice.
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Fill in fields that have an asterisk. Faculty and professional staff should choose “Principal Investigator” or “CPHS Member” depending on role. Students should choose “Student Researcher” and either “Graduate Level” or “Undergraduate.” Non-researchers should choose a title that best describes their role (Research Administrator, etc.). Other fields are optional.
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For Human Subjects Researchers:
On Question 1, choose “Social & Behavioral Research” Course.
On Question 2, leave it blank.
On Question 3, choose “Not at this time, thank you.”
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You will have the following required courses to take. To start a course, click “Enter.”

Module 1: History and Ethical Principles – SBR
Module 2: The Regulations and The Social and Behavioral Sciences
Module 3: Risk, Informed Consent, and Privacy and Confidentiality
Module 4: Vulnerable Subjects
Module 5: Education, International, and Internet Research
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THE INTEGRITY ASSURANCE STATEMENT
Before beginning the course and exam, click on “The Integrity Assurance Statement” and agree to the first statement: “I attest that I have read and understand the above statement. I attest that I am the person listed at the top of this page and I assure that I will complete the required ethics course work with the highest degree of integrity and professionalism.” See screen below.

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You will then be able to click on the course module. Click the title and then read the module’s content.
Module 1: History and Ethical Principles – SBR
Module 2: The Regulations and The Social and Behavioral Sciences
Module 3: Risk, Informed Consent, and Privacy and Confidentiality
Module 4: Vulnerable Subjects
Module 5: Education, International, and Internet Research

The modules will have a quiz at the end. Click on “Take the quiz....”

HINTS for answering questions:
Some questions require you to choose the one best answer while others require you to pick all correct answers (hint: for questions that ask you to choose multiple answers, think of each option as a True/False question). You may re-take a quiz if you did not score well, though quizzes will not always be the same.

At the end of each quiz, you can choose to go to the next module or see the grade book. The course will let you know as you pass each module. You can come back at a later time to finish a module.
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The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) is a training platform used by more than 1130 institutions around the world. CITI has become the most prominent source for animal use training. Additionally, it provides the database support that allows UHCL to document training activity of animal users. Besides complying with federal law and accreditation standards, training in proper animal use and ethics helps to ensure the welfare of animals used by us and reassures the public of our commitment to the ethical use of research animals.