Salem State University offers training on animal care and use for all faculty, staff and student investigators submitting or working under protocols for review. This training is through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative CITI program (Links to an external site.).

Courses take about an hour and can be taken in stages. Faculty are welcome to use the training modules for classroom use and discussion.

Federally Sponsored Research: As a condition of federal funding, this program meets the federal mandate for instruction.

Instructions for use:

Go to CITI Program online (Links to an external site.)
Create an account: Register
CITI Learner Registration: Select Your Organization Affiliation - Salem State University
Add Personal Information; create username and password; select country of residence
CEU Credit - optional
Provide demographic information & Select your curriculum

Q.1 Human Subject Research - not at this time
Q.2 Leave blank
Q.3 Laboratory Animal Welfare - Yes; Choose "Working with the IACUC Course" AND choose species specific elective (rat, mice, or fish)
Q.4 RCR - only for NIH or NSF sponsored researchers

Otherwise check Not at this time

Q.5 COI - No
Q.6 Biosafety/Biosecurity Course - please check with course instructor. Choices include:

Introduction to Biosafety
Basic Biosafety Training
Animal Biosafety
OSHA PPE Training

Click Complete Registration & Finalize Registration. The Animal Care courses and electives will now appear in your profile for completion. You may log in/out to complete course at your leisure.