United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Portland VAMC Research and Development Service

HRPP Training Module Access
Portland VA Medical Center

Completing the Education Requirements


To meet the education requirements you must:

Complete the CITI Basic Course in the Protection of Human Subjects before you begin work on human subjects research. You must retake the course every year (within 365 days of your last test date).

CITI Basic Course in the Protection of Human Subjects
When you register for the course, please choose the Social & Behavior AND Biomedical Courses, and under the Department category, choose ‘VA’. The nine modules of the ‘Basic Course’ must be completed.

Print and Follow These Instructions (35KB, MSWord) to Register and Complete the CITI Course.

If you have questions regarding these training requirements or how to complete the training, please contact Anne Dodge-Schwanz at x52800.