"It seemed that a lot of places were developing web-based training. It has advantage of not being scheduled out so that people can complete the training on their own times," Gallant says.
Once work actually began on the program, it was developed in six weeks. More features will be added in the coming months, including case studies, according to Mitchell.
In addition to the web-based training, the Medical School last week brought in experts in human subject research to lead a seminar on ethics. With the NIH announcement looming, the seminar was packed.
"The program is widely known
in the IRB community, widely known and provides the kind of training that NIH wants to see," Gallant says. "But as soon the announcement came out, the program was booked because everyone wanted them to come and do their road show."
The NIH currently has its own internal human subject protection training on-line that can be used as resource for researchers at other agencies.
Harvard decided not to adopt that program directly because it was specific to the NIH in too many ways, according to Gallant.
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