All staff involved in VA research
must take courses in VA Research Data Security & Privacy,
Privacy, and
Cyber Security Awareness annually. This includes (but is not limited to)
all VA Research Office personnel, investigators, study coordinators, research
assistants, trainees such as house officers and students, administrative
support staff (including secretaries and clerks), and members of the IRB and
Research & Development Committee. This includes compensated and without
compensation (WOC) employees, and IPAs. Local facilities must maintain
documentation that training requirements have been met.
If research involves human subjects, they must also have annual training in
Good Clinical Practices and the ethical
principles of human subjects protection.
Local facilities must maintain documentation that training requirements have been met.
