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CITI CourseCollaborative Institutional Training Initiative November 8, 2009

Posted by thinkphd in : RSH9102B , trackback

Yesterday afternoon and today I worked on the CITI course as required in Activity 6 in RSH9102B. CITI stands for Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative and the course is the Course in the Protection of Human Research Subjects. The syllabus states that this course requires 4-6 hours to complete - and it took me about 4 hours of concentrated work to finish it up. I started out just reading and answering the quizzes, but found out pretty quick that my recall was not what I had expected (especially with the really boring reading that was required). So I started printing out the reading and quizzes and did much better. I could take over any of the quizzes I wanted to and found out then that some of the quizzes will change questions or the answer selections will show up in subsequent quizzes mixed up.

I finished up today and have my certificate of completion. The next step in this assignment is to write a “scholarly paper” in which ”any ethical concerns for the human subjects in the intended study are discussed.” I am not sure how many pages or how in depth this paper should be because the syllabus does not tell me that. Most of my research will focus on facts rather than human subjects, but I can certainly write a paper referencing the Belmont Report and other ethical concerns.

HOWEVER, today is an absolutely gorgeous autumn day and OUTSIDE is calling me…..

Autumn in VA

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Comments»

1. Bradley Mitchell - November 10, 2009

Cindy-
This is a great blog… I too am in RSH9102 for the I/O Psych PhD. I’ve hit a block, and hoping maybe you could help. I am using the 2nd ed of Creswell, which has all the same info, but the questions for paper 2 are different (I only list 3 questions where the course says answer 2-4). I won’t be able to get the book for a while; do you think you could send me the questions from the Creswell book so I can get moving? It would be most appreciated!
Brad
brad@kindig-mitchell.com

2. thinkphd - November 10, 2009

Hi Bradley,
I sent you a private email message - my assignment two refers to questions from the Zikmund text. I do have Creswell 3rd ed and will be happy to help.