New Training Required for Principal Investigators
A letter was released this week from Drs. David Stephens, Tom Lawley, and Wright Caughman regarding new requirements for those PIs involved in clinical trials. Specific training on “Key Concepts in Clinical Trial Research” are now required and must be completed by June 1, 2011. All investigators on existing clinical trials will be required to complete 12 online training modules.
The modules can be found at Emory Learning Management System website: http://www.emory.edu/elms-training. Login is your Emory NetID and password.
Newly hired investigators or investigators new to clinical trials research will be required to complete all 12 modules prior to IRB approval to participate as a PI on a clinical trial. In addition to the 12 baseline modules, each investigator will be required to complete 12 hours of update training modules prior to their biennial CITI training. OCR, together with the IRB will identify and notify PIs who are required to complete the training.
Compliance with the training will be monitored by the IRB.