Training Requirements for Human Subjects Protection

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) requires two trainings for Human Subjects Protection;

  1. The Ethical Principles of Human Subjects Protection
  2. Good Clinical Practice.

FAQ There are a variety of VA courses and non-VA courses that have been approved by the Office of Research and Development. Clicking on this link will lead you to a list of approved courses. Also, your local affiliate course may be ORD approved by contacting Marisue Cody, Deputy Director of PRIDE at (202) 461-1814 or Marisue.Cody@va.gov.

The following people are required to take both Ethical Principles of Human Subjects Protection and Good Clinical Practice training:

  • All members of the research team including but not limited to: investigators, research coordinators and research assistants involved in human studies research prior to conducting a research study.
  • All members of the Research Office, the R&D Committee, and Research Compliance Officers.
  • All members of VA IRB Administrative Staff and VA IRB Committees.
  • Note: Secretarial support is not required to complete training in the Protection of Human Research Subjects and GCP.

These two trainings must be completed annually. See these FAQs for more details.

Please go to the EES intranet site at http://vaww.ees.lrn.va.gov/Site/support/communities/fieldeducators/mandatory/mandatorytraining09/ to view other Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mandated trainings. To sign in to LMS, go to https://www.lms.va.gov/plateau/user/login.jsp.

 


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