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Lab animal welfare course Working Group

Lab animal welfare course Working Group. CITI Program Update. Meeting CD. L.A.W. Course Contents. L.A.W. Course Contents. Old Business L.A.W. Course Content. Fish Module * NOAA Investigator Field Studies Module. CITI Course Site Usage . 10-1-2009. CITI Program Membership.

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Lab animal welfare course Working Group

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  1. Lab animal welfare course Working Group CITI Program Update

  2. Meeting CD

  3. L.A.W. Course Contents

  4. L.A.W. Course Contents

  5. Old BusinessL.A.W. Course Content • Fish Module* • NOAA Investigator • Field Studies Module

  6. CITI Course Site Usage 10-1-2009

  7. CITI Program Membership

  8. Subscriber Breakdown

  9. Monthly Site Usage 9-2009* 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

  10. New Learners/day 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

  11. Courses completed per day 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

  12. Lab Animal Welfare Course Site Usage

  13. 2009 CITI Course site usage Courses completed

  14. LAW Courses Completed10-1-2009

  15. CITI Support Staff Not shown Pablo Velascelo and Ryan Roelans

  16. User Satisfaction Survey Data Data for September 2009 ~440 responses

  17. Learner BreakdownLab Animal Welfare Course N=472

  18. L.A.W. Courses completed9-2009 N=917

  19. Gender % of Responders

  20. It was easy to register and enroll in the appropriate course. 78% % of Responders Strongly agree Strongly disagree

  21. Course site navigation was easy and intuitive. 79% % of Responders Strongly agree Strongly disagree

  22. The current course site presents the materials in a way that is easy for me to understand and learn 77% % of Responders Strongly agree Strongly disagree n = 427

  23. Although training in Laboratory Animal Welfare issues is mandated by the Federal government and by my institution, I believe that this training is really not very useful for new faculty and students? % of Responders Strongly agree Strongly disagree N=435

  24. For this type of instruction, I would prefer a presentation model that would require the learner to actively participate in games, videos or other exercises designed to emphasize important concepts. 36% % of Responders Strongly agree Strongly disagree

  25. About how many hrs did it take you to complete your Lab Animal Welfare Course requirements? % of Responders

  26. I think that the Internet is an appropriate tool to deliver basic instruction in the ethical conduct of research with animal subjects. 80%

  27. Assuming a similar time commitment, would you prefer another vehicle for this mandated instruction? % of Responders N=437

  28. Does your institution rely exclusively on the CITI Program to provide basic training in Lab Animal Welfare? % of Responders n = 435

  29. Scrolling through the content vs. click from "page to page“ Please provide us with some feedback regarding the current presentation model. N=619

  30. Now that I have completed the CITI Lab Animal Welfare Course, I feel that the time I invested was time well spent. 60% % of Responders Strongly agree Strongly disagree

  31. How do you rate the basic course, "Working With the IACUC", you just completed? 66% % of Responders Poor Outstanding N=391

  32. How do you rate the species / model specific course you just completed? 67% % of Responders Poor Outstanding N=279

  33. How do you rate the basic course, “Essentials for IACUC Members", you just completed? 58% % of Responders Poor Outstanding N=243

  34. Joseph Wright (September 3, 1734 - August 29, 1797), “An Experiment on a Bird in The Air Pump “ by Joseph Wright (1734-1797) British National Gallery- London

  35. Software and hardware updates

  36. New CITI Hardware • Hardware 8-10-2009 - ~$33K • 4 new web servers • 2 new database servers. • 3Tb back up

  37. CITI Software • Software update - Dr. Fallon and the VA software team • Changes to the code and new hardware - 2,500 concurrent users • Changes to the Learners Menu to be more user friendly • “Look Back” utility is now fully functional • Institutions can give credit for modules completed previously at any time. • Installed: French, Russian and Thai language templates. • Portal system fully implemented. • 3 institutions are using the portal system, • 6 more are interested and are in the test phase • Content and registrations and user data from www.IRBTraining.org is being transferred to the www.CITIProgram.org platform.

  38. Experiences of Mentors and MenteesSurvey Paul Braunschweiger, Ph.D. Ken Goodman, Ph.D. Sergio Litewka, MD CITI Program University of Miami Ethics Program

  39. The RCR Research Survey • Is provided to learner when the RCR Course is passed. • Is approved by UM IRB. • Is voluntary and anonymous • 2590 CITI RCR course completed per month. • 787 voluntary RCR surveys submitted / month • 29% Response rate.

  40. Working Hypotheses Although mentoring is crucial to the social and professional development of students and young investigators, mentoring programs are not wide spread in academia. The role of Mentor and Research advisor is often confused. Many people who mentors may be ill prepared for the job.

  41. Who are the study subjects? n > 8900

  42. Which course in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) did you complete?

  43. I now plan to take a more active role in promoting ethical research practices by:

  44. If you DO NOT have a mentor at this time, choose all that apply to you.

  45. Please respond to the following statement. "My mentor has been instrumental in providing the foundation to conduct research at the highest ethical standard”. 63% 13% strongly disagree strongly agree

  46. As a student or fellow, what research topics did you and your mentor discuss most frequently? *% Responders; n=4706; 59% of all responders

  47. Which Res. ethics topic do you and your mentor discuss? Didn't discuss research ethics % of Responders Data acquisition and management most frequent answer.

  48. As the MENTOR, which research ethics topic do you discuss most often with your trainees?

  49. As mentors what research ethics topic do you talk about most with your mentees? Research ethics were not discussed very much. Most Frequent - Data Management % of Responders

  50. If you are mentoring students and post docs in research ethics or the responsible conduct of research, what background do you have to teach these topics to students? n = 3551 * = 32%

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