Update to Announcement - Human Required Reliance Process Training for PIs
The Ířşě±¬ÁĎ, Baltimore’s Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) has updated their Reliance Agreement documentation and requirements. The Office of Accountability and Compliance (OAC) has set up a Blackboard site for you to receive this training. This training takes approximately 20 minutes, including the pre- and post-tests.
Please see below the UMB HRPO corrected instructions for accessing the UMB PI Responsibilities – Human Required Reliance Process Training. We want to thank the research community for their feedback.
Who should complete this training:
- Individuals who have been granted PI privileges in CICERO and
- Have an established reliance agreement or are in the process of obtaining a reliance agreement.
Steps to complete this Training:
- Go to blackboard.umaryland.edu.
- Log in with your UMB credentials.
- Click on “Courses” from the left-hand menu.
- If you have many courses, in the search bar, type in “PI Responsibilities – Human”.
- Click on “PI Responsibilities – Human”.
- Once you are in the course, click on “Content” in the left-hand menu.
- Click on the folder titled “Reliance Agreement”.
- Next, click on “Intro to Reliance Agreement Pre-Test”.
- Answer the questions in the pre-test and submit.
- Scroll to the bottom and select “Click OK to review results” in the bottom right corner.
- Once you have submitted the pretest, you will receive access to the “Introduction to Reliance Agreement PowerPoint” training and the “Intro to Reliance Agreement Post-Test”.
- Review the Intro to Reliance Agreement training PowerPoint.
- Complete the “Intro to Reliance Agreement Post-Test” and submit.
- Scroll to the bottom and select “Click OK to review results” in the bottom right corner to review your answers. You must score at least 80% on the posttest.
- Next, click on “Reliance Agreement Pre-Test”.
- Answer the questions in the pre-test and submit.
- Scroll to the bottom and select “Click OK to review results” in the bottom right corner.
- Once you have submitted the pretest, you will receive access to the “Reliance Agreements: Roles & Responsibilities” training PowerPoint and the “Reliance Agreement Post-Test”.
- Review the Reliance Agreement: Roles & Responsibilities training PowerPoint.
- Complete the “Reliance Agreement Post-Test” and submit.
- Scroll to the bottom and select “Click OK to review results” in the bottom right corner to review your answers. You must score at least 80% on the posttest.
If you have questions about the content of the training, please contact the Human Research Protections Office (HRPO) at hrpo@umaryland.edu. If you are having trouble accessing the course on the Blackboard site, please contact Sarah N. Archibald at sarchibald@umaryland.edu.
Dr. Julie Doherty, Assistant Vice President for Research Compliance
Dr. Robert Rosenthal, IRB Chair