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CITI HSRWorking Group Meeting . May 21, 2009 CITI Developer Group Meeting Key West, Florida. CITI Program Growth. Budget and Financial . Organizational members 1114 participants as of 5-15-09; 151 VA sites 35 that have a reduced subscription rate. Added 159 new organizations in 2008
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CITI HSRWorking Group Meeting May 21, 2009 CITI Developer Group Meeting Key West, Florida
Budget and Financial • Organizational members • 1114 participants as of 5-15-09; • 151 VA sites • 35 that have a reduced subscription rate. • Added 159 new organizations in 2008 • Added 46 new organizations in the first 4 months of 2009.
Budget and Financial • Subscription Fees • All new subscriptions $1,500 since October 2008 . • All subscription renewals will be $1,500, June 1, 2009. • New institution subscription fee - $1,750 in Fall 2009. • Grants and contracts • US DoN - 51 sites; • Fogarty / NIH – 6 sites
Budget and Financial • 2010 Budget • Submitted CITI operating budget to UM comptroller’s office 5-15-09. • 2009 close out June 1, 2009. • Small surplus for 2009. • Detailed 2010 Program budget will be submitted to the EAC for review and approval later this summer. • New Project Ideas.
Monthly Site Usage x1000 / Month 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Cumulative site usage 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Cumulative Course Site Usage • Ver 1&2 19,853 10-00 to 2-02 • Ver 3 15,026 3-1-02 to 8-14-02 • Ver 4 28,992 9-1-02 to 7-15-03 • Ver 5 45,537 7-21-03 to 5-1-04 • Ver 6 75,000 5-1-04 to 3-1-05 (citiprogram.org) • Total 189,408
CITI Course Usage 2009*** ***1-1-09 to 4-30-09
CITI Worldwide Footprint PABI World wide n > 1100 International n = 48sites / 35 countries
Top 5 RCR Course Users **** 1-1-09 to 4-30-09
Navigation through the CITI Course was easy and intuitive. 10% 81% N=51192 Strongly disagree Strongly agree.
Errors RCR Course Learner Feedback • HTML UTF-8 Character-set errors •  ; €™; ’, “, â€; „¢; “; –; • Few complaints about the content. • Spelling, typos, grammar. • Complaints about the quizzes. • Too long • Intro, text and cases. • Institutionally driven.
RCR Course Criticisms • HTML UTF-8 Character-set errors •  ; €™; ’, “, â€; „¢; “; –; • Few complaints about the content. • Minor spelling, typos, grammar. • Complaints about the quizzes. • Poor Quality • Too many questions • Errors • Typos • Content Too long • Intro, text and cases. • Institutionally driven. • Real Video
Course Length • 7 topic areas • Median time in the course site is 4hrs. • On average 3 logins. • Public access course • Intro • Text • Video case • Embedded cases (2-3) • References and links • Quizzes
Programming Focus 2008-2009 • Completed Projects • A more feature-rich enrollment question option added that incorporates branched logic.- can reduce number of enrollment Q’s seen by learners and allows much more sophisticated course customization by learner. • Added standard “remote gateway” mechanism to allow learners to come into CITI directly from local networks- provides absolute personnel records match with downloaded training datasets • Completed conversion to more sophisticated quiz question management- multiple subsets of quiz Q’s can be ordered, randomized as needed. • Restructured entire CITI website and database fields for compatibility with int’l character sets (unicode), and cleaned up corrupted international course text. [99% complete]
Programming Focus 2008-2009 • Complete Projects • Flexibility of automated training dataset dumps increased to add value to institutions.[complete] • More sophisticated institutional cloning tools added to reduce new institution setup time by CITI staff [complete] • Ongoing Projects • Transition from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 database platform to increase site speed and reduce timeouts June 2009 target • Improve database backup strategy to prevent more than 1 hour of lost CITI records in case of catastrophic server failures (note: redundant database servers already in place to reduce failure risk). June 2009 target
Programming Focus 2008-2009 • Ongoing Projects • Transfer CITI site to 2 new UM database and 4 new UM web servers to increase site speed, add capacity, and reduce/eliminate timeouts July 2009 • Add more flexibility in allowing CITI staff to give learners credit for work done at other institutions July 2009 target • Reduce complexity of grade book and learner group logic to speed up learner login and reduce server load July 2009 target • Incorporate better account security, including a security question and hashed (hidden) password storage for accounts August 2009 target
Programming Focus 2008-2009 • New Projects in Progress • Added new admin level (“superadmin”) to provide enhanced control of multiple international institutions by non-CITI staff . [first draft complete, tweaking under way] • All web pages tweaked to reduce database calls and improve site speed [initial work complete, additional work ongoing] • Created account merge tool for combining multiple learner accounts [initial work complete, tweaks ongoing]
Programming Focus 2008-2009 • Improve database backup strategy to prevent more than 1 hour of lost CITI records in case of catastrophic server failures (note: redundant database servers already in place to reduce failure risk). June 2009 target
Programming Focus 2009 - 2010 • Begin coding for next version of CITI, • Cold Fusion platform rather than active server pages, • New features • More sophisticated translation/authoring tools for international authors • Better course image and text management • Improved CITI developer tools for reviewing courses and quiz questions. • Enhanced site speed, increased concurrent learner capacity. • Greater site customization opportunities for individual institutions. • Enhanced institutional administrator learner management tools. • Many requested feature enhancements are being tracked by Marcos for incorporation into new version Start date October 2009; completion in 2010-2011
Research Surveys “Mentoring Experiences” And “Who Wants To Be a Human Subject”
CITI RCR for Engineers Jason Borenstein Ph.D. GA Tech University
Crucial Choices: Use of Interactive Case Studies to Enhance Research Ethics Education. David Perlman Ph.D. Assistant Professor, U. Penn President and Founder, E4-Eclipse Ethics Education Enterprises. LLC
CITI RCR, Where Are We Headed? • New Courses • New Modules • New Presentation Models • The Course Site as a Research Tool
New RCR Initiatives • Sharon Shriver Ph.D. Ed. Specialist Penn State University • RCR in the Humanities and the Arts • Holly Phernetton, St. Louis University • Adelphia Quiz Question Project • Ben Fontes, Biosafety Officer, Yale University • Biosafety and Biosecurity Course • Paul Braunschweiger Ph.D., University of Miami. • RCR and Research Administrators.
RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESESEARCH and RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS • Produced by Stephen Erickson and Karen Muskavitch at BC. • Materials were produced in part with support from ORI. • Modules, cases and quiz questions • Conflict of Interest • Financial Management • Mentor-Trainee Responsibilities • Collaborative Research • Data Management
Group Discussion Moving the CITI RCR Program Forward. New Directions and New Initiatives.