Education and Training
Welcome to the HOBIT Education and Training page! Here you will find essential training and certification requirements for HOBIT study team members. It includes mandatory protocol training, WebDCU navigation, outcome assessment certification, and regulatory compliance education, with additional optional resources for continued learning. Please click through the options below to explore the available trainings.
The Protocol training consists of the following THREE requirements:
1. Review the Protocol v.7.
2. Watch the Overview, Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria, Study Procedures, and Simulation videos.
3. Successfully complete the Certification Test.
NOTE: Upon successful completion of the test you will receive an email with your Protocol Certification enclosed in the body of the email. Save this email and send it to your Study Coordinator to upload to WebDCU. There is no expiration for this certification.
Data Training
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Complete the Training Certificate after the video is viewed and upload it to WebDCU.
WebDCU Data Training Certificate
Regulatory Document Management Training
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Complete the Training Certificate after the video is viewed and upload it to WebDCU.
WebDCU Regulatory Training Certificate
Optional Training
WebDCU General Overview
DOA Log Training – How to Update Your Site’s DOA Log
Regulatory Document Module Training Video (specific to only the regulatory document module in WebDCU)
EFIC Module Training Video
You are required to watch the GOSE Training videos (Narration AND Examples), PRIOR to taking the certification test. Please make certain that you understand the content before you take this test.
Narration:
Examples:
Certification:
NOTE: If you have not already downloaded the GOSE CRF do so at this time: GOSE CRF. You will need to score 4 out of 5 interviews correctly in order to pass the test*. This test will take approximately 1 hour. Upon passing the test you will receive an email that will be your certificate to save and send to your Study Coordinator to upload to WebDCU.
*If you fail the GOSE Certification you will be contacted by a member of the HOBIT Outcomes team to discuss your responses and then will be given the link to take the GOSE Certification Re-Test. You will NOT be able to take the retest until you have been given permission.
Additional GOSE Resources:
Preventing Lost to Follow-Up Timeline (New 4/12/24)
Preventing Lost to Follow-Up (New 4/12/24)
Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
A free option for GCP training is available at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Click here to access the NIAID training.
NOTE: Effective January 1, 2017 – NIH expects all NIH-funded clinical investigators and clinical trial staff who are involved in the design, conduct, oversight, or management of clinical trials to be trained in Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Recipients of GCP training are expected to retain documentation of their training. GCP training should be refreshed at least every three years in order to stay up to date with regulations, standards, and guidelines.
Human Subjects Protection (HSP)
Attention: You only need to complete the training module below if your institution does NOT provide HSP training.
HOBIT Quick Training Video (3 minutes)
Quarterly GOSE Meetings
December 2019: (New 12-17-19)
September 2019: