RCR training for Duke medical students

Responsible conduct of research training for Doctor of Medicine students is administered by the Office of Curricular Affairs in the School of Medicine. A Canvas portal named “Compliance” is updated each year for all registered medical students. This is used to track completion of training accessed through the Collaborative Institution Training Initiative (CITI), which is an outside platform for accessing lots of institutional trainings. Duke has a few different organizational affiliations with CITI. The required courses are spread between the "Duke RCR" AND “Duke Health” institutions.

Five courses are required to complete this training requirement. Courses typically comprise multiple modules. In order to receive credit, you must achieve 80% or higher on each of the required module quizzes. You will have the opportunity to re-take the quizzes and review the material as many times as necessary to achieve 80% or higher. Duke University is not the primary author of the CITI modules and is not able to update the content on the CITI website.

Required Courses

Duke RCR Institution

Medical Student – Responsible Conduct of Research (ID: 40044672)


Duke Health Institution

Biomedical research with GCP (ID: 40044672)
Biomedical research with Prisoners (ID: 30576)

Biomedical research with Children (ID: 30575)
Biomedical research with Pregnant Women and Fetus (ID: 356511)

Login Instructions

Download this guide for detailed login instructions for accessing Duke RCR CITI courses. These steps are summarized below. If you do not have a Duke CITI account follow all steps below. If you do have a Duke CITI account, after step 1, jump to step #5. Follow these steps to access and complete the Medical Student – Responsible Conduct of Research (ID: 40044672) course, and then repeat them again but substituting “Duke Health” in place of “Duke RCR” to access the rest of the required courses.

  1. Go to the CITI Program webpage and click REGISTER (click LOGIN if you do have a Duke CITI account).
  2. Type “Duke RCR (SSO)” in the text box below.
  3. Check the box underneath the text box “I AGREE to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for accessing CITI Program materials.”
  4. Check the second box that popped up when you checked the previous one: “I affirm that I am an affiliate of Duke RCR.”
  5. Click the “Continue to SSO Login/Instructions” blue button. You will be directed to the Duke Shibboleth login page, where you will be asked for your NetID and password.
  6. Click “View Courses” next to “Duke RCR”
  7. Click “Add a Course”
  8. Answer Question 1 to select the right course
  9. Complete the entire course and quizzes
  10. Have you reached a score 80% or higher on all quizzes? If so, Congratulations. Your credit will be processed in up to 15 days.