The UCHC ACC does not recognize viewing CLAC videotapes as adequate refresher training.  All refresher training must take place via CITI- Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative.

ALL NEW ANIMAL USERS MUST ATTEND AN INITIAL ANIMAL USERS TRAINING SESSION.  YOU MAY NOT USE THE ON-LINE TRAINING TO FULFILL YOUR INITIAL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.  FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

Using the site is convenient- if you have access to the web, you have access to training.  Please note, the CITI training website is a bit more complicated than the old ResearchTraining.org website.  Please be patient with the process and follow the instructions

step-by-step as they are written on this web page.

The Animal Care Committee office will contact everyone who needs to do a refresher course- one course every three years will be the minimum requirement.  The office will notify the individuals which course they must complete and the time in which it must be completed in order to maintain an individual's current training status.  All an animal user needs to do is go through the course and the accompanying exam; our office can see when and how you did.  You must pass the examination in order to have completed the training requirement.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.  WE ARE SETTING PEOPLE UP DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT IS STATED ON THE CITI PAGE WEBSITE.  PLEASE PRINT THIS PAGE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS

STEP-BY-STEP.  FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN YOUR BEING ASKED TO DO MORE MODULES THAN WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU COMPLETE.

To log onto the training site:

Click here or go to the following link:  www.citiprogram.org

STEP ONE:  Once you are in the site, you will have to register as a user of the site:

    1.  Click on "Register Here".

    2.  A security box will come up, click on "OK".

If you are already registered, please go to step nine

STEP TWO:  This will bring you to the Select your Institution page:

    1.  Click on "participating institutions" and select the University of Connecticut Health Center

    2.  Click on the "submit" button.

    3.  Click on the box labeled "username" and type in a user name.

    4.  Click on the box labeled "password" and type in a password.

    5.  Click on the box labeled "verify password" and type in the same password.

    6.  Click on the "submit" button.

STEP THREE:  This will bring you to the Name and Email Address page:

    1.  Fill out all fields

    2.  Click on the "submit" button.

STEP FOUR:  This will bring you to the Member Information page:

    1.  You must enter all fields that are requested- if you don't, you cannot register.

    2.  Click on the "submit" button.

STEP FIVE:  This will bring you to the CITI Course Enrollment Procedure page:

    PLEASE NOTE:  This page will tell you, as an animal user, to choose the appropriate courses according to your role in research and the species you use and to choose all that apply.  DO NOT DO THIS!!

    1.  Scroll down to "course selection" and select LAB ANIMAL WELFARE ONLY or HUMANS AND ANIMALS (whichever is appropriate to your situation). 

STEP SIX:  This will bring you to the Select Groups page right to question #3

    1.  Do not scroll back up to answer questions #1 and #2 if you only use laboratory animals!

    2.  Answer question #3 by selecting ONLY the box associated with the course you have been assigned to take by the ACC.

    3.  Click on "continue"

STEP SEVEN:  This will bring you to another Select your Institution or Organization page

    1.  Click on the "NO" button

STEP EIGHT:  This will bring you to the Learner's Main Menu page

    1.  You will see a "grade book" followed by the title of the course you are required to take.

    2.  Click on the "grade book" and you will be taken to the course.  You must complete all modules associated with the course you are required to take.

If you have already registered with CITI training:

STEP NINE:  When you put in your user name and password, this will bring you to the Learner's Menu page

    1.  Go to Add a course or update your learner group

STEP TEN:  This will bring you to the Completion Report Groups page

    1.  Click on "update groups"

    2.  Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on LAB ANIMAL WELFARE ONLY

STEP ELEVEN:  This will bring you to the Select Groups page right to question #3

    1.  Do not scroll back up to answer questions #1 and #2 if you only use laboratory animals!

    2.  Answer question #3 by selecting ONLY the box associated with the course you have been assigned to take by the ACC.

    3.  Click on "continue"

STEP TWELVE:  This will bring you to the Completion Report Groups page again

    1.  Click on "Go Back to Learner's Main Menu"

STEP THIRTEEN:  This will bring you to the Learner's Main Menu page

    1.  You will see a new "grade book" followed by the title of the new course you are required to take.

    2.  Click on "grade book" and you will be taken to the course.  You must complete all modules associated with the course you are required to take.

When you are done, remember to click the "Log off" on the upper right side of the page.

If you forget your username and/or password, simply click the correct button and your password and/or user name will be sent to you; alternately, you can email the Animal Care Committee office (ooacc@uchc.edu) for your password.