If you are a paid VAMHCS employee and are involved with human subjects research, you must complete the education and training requirements listed below:

1. Annual HIPAA (Privacy) training specific to the VAMHCS. This VA Privacy Policy training is accessed through the VA Learning Management System (LMS)¤ www.lms.va.gov.
   
   
2. Annual Cyber Security training is accessed through the VA Learning Management System (LMS)¤ www.lms.va.gov.
   
   
3. Annual VA Research Data Security & Privacy training is accessed through the VA Learning Management System (LMS)¤ www.lms.va.gov. However, for this module only, you must print out a hard copy of your certificate and send it to the Research Service Office¤¤¤. (This training module does not automatically "send" certificates to TEMPO as the Privacy module and the Cyber Security module do).
   
   
4. Annual combined training in Good Clinical Practices (GCP)¤¤ and "CITI" (Collaborative IRB Training Initiatives) via the web-based training at www.citiprogram.org*. See below for further details about accessing the CITI training modules that are appropriate for you. THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT CHANGES IN THE CITI WEBSITE. CHOOSING THE WRONG VERSION OF CITI COULD MEAN THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO RETAKE THE CORRECT VERSION OF CITI.

¤The LMS Help Desk will assist you to re-set your LMS password, unlock your account and troubleshoot computer issues. Your Help Desk representatives can be contacted through the IRM helpdesk using a Magic Request. The Magic icon can be found on your desktop or you can click on the following link: http://vhaperfpc5/magicsshd.

¤¤The VAMHCS accepts GCP trainings offered by UMB or through the CITI program. Hard copies of certificates must be sent to the Research Service Office.

¤¤¤Sending certificates to the Research Service Office:
  •  Fax to 410-605-7906, attention of Heather Riley
  •  Email to heather.riley@va.gov
  •  Campus mail to Heather Riley, Mail Stop 151
  •  Deliver to Heather Riley in the Research Service Office, 3-A-125

If you are WOC staff directly involved with VAMHCS human subjects research, you must complete the training requirements listed below in addition to any already required by UMB or other institutions:

1. Annual HIPAA training specific to the VAMHCS. This VA Privacy Policy training is accessed through VA Learning Online (VALO)+ https://www.vcampus.com/vcekpvalo/servlet/ekp/login/*.
   
   
2. Annual Cyber Security training accessed through VALO+ https://www.vcampus.com/vcekpvalo/servlet/ekp/login/*.
   
   
3. Annual VA Research Data Security & Privacy training accessed through VALO+ https://www.vcampus.com/vcekpvalo/servlet/ekp/login/*.
   
   
4. Annual combined training in Good Clinical Practices++ and "CITI" (Collaborative IRB Training Initiatives) via the web based training at www.citiprogram.org*. See below for further details about accessing the CITI training modules that are appropriate for you.

+For all VALO courses, you MUST PRINT A HARD COPY OF YOUR CERTIFICATE and send it to the Research Service Office+++.

++The VAMHCS accepts GCP trainings offered by UMB or through the CITI program. Hard copies of certificates must be sent to the Research Service Office+++.

+++Sending certificates to the Research Service Office:
  •  Fax to 410-605-7906, attention of Heather Riley
  •  Email to heather.riley@va.gov
  •  Deliver to Heather Riley in the Research Service Office, 3-A-125

For step-by-step instructions on how to access these trainings, click here:
  •  CITI
  •  VALO

CITI and GCP Training
The steps you take to access the correct version of CITI training depend on:
  •  Whether this is the first time you have accessed CITI,
  •  Whether you are renewing your training AND are a UM employee, or
  •  Whether you are renewing your training AND are a VAMHCS employee.

If this is the first time you have accessed the system:
Access training at www.citiprogram.org*
Click: Register Here
Click: The Protection of Human Research Subjects
Veterans Affairs drop down menu select: BALTIMORE, MD-512
Choose your Username and Password (please save this information because you will need it again)
Fill in all required information

If you completed the CITI training last year:
Access training at www.citiprogram.org*
Login (It doesn't matter if you are registered under the University of Maryland or the VA)

University of Maryland Directions	VA Maryland Health Care System Directions
Click on "Add a Course or update your learner groups"	Click on "Add a course or update your learner groups"
Click on "update groups"	Click on "update groups"
Question 1 - select the appropriate answer (If you selected either group 1 or group 2 please answer Question 2)	Answer questions 1 through 5
	Click on "continue"
Question 2 - select Good Clinical Practice and ICH	Click on "go back to learner's main menu"
Click "continue"	Click "enter" under status
Click "go back to learner's main menu"	Click "take the next required module"
Click "enter" under status	After you have completed the course print the Certificate and send it to the Research Service office.
Click "take the next required module"
After you have completed the course print the Certificate and send it to the Research Service office.

If you have any questions, please contact Heather Riley in the Research Service office (x7130; heather.riley@va.gov).

Step-By-Step Instructions for VALO Training

Access these training courses at VA Learning Online (VALO)*. https://www.vcampus.com/vcekpvalo/servlet/ekp/login/*

The directions to access the training are the same, but they are separate courses.
Click on "Click here" to self enroll.
Enter in the requested information; Station number: 512, Division is: VHA, Employment is: Volunteer WOC.
Click submit and follow these instructions. After you have logged in:
   •  Click Catalogs (on the left-hand side).
   •  Click Catalogs (a pop-up window will open).
   •  Click Mandatory/Required Training Catalog.
   •  Click Course Title (VHA Privacy Policy, Cyber Security Awareness, or VA Research Data Security and Privacy) (left-hand side).
   •  Click Enroll Now (bottom right-hand side - you may have to enlarge this window to see "Enroll Now").
   •  Click Confirm Enrollment (close this window).
   You are now back at the original window.
   •  Click My Courses (left-hand side).
   •  Click Current Learning Modules.
   •  Click Course Title (VHA Privacy Policy, Cyber Security Awareness, or VA Research Data Security and Privacy). A pop-up window will open taking you through the modules. At the end of the training, print the certificate.