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Research Training

Training compliance is an essential part of conducting high quality, ethical, clinical research. SCTR developed this training resource to help MUSC study teams locate required and recommended trainings and other informational resources for clinical and translational research. 

Training required Before Engaging in Human Subjects Research

Are you

  • The direct recipient of federal funds - even if all research activities occur elsewhere?
  • Obtaining informed consent - even if research procedures are not done at MUSC?
  • Administering study interventions?
  • Interacting with study subjects for research purposes?
  • Obtaining identifiable data, specimens, or images for research purposes?

If you answered yes to any of these questions you are engaged in human subject research and will need to complete a series of trainings before engaging in any research activities.

Training Required for Certain Activities

Electronic Health Record (EPIC) for Research

What trainings are required for study team members to access the electronic health record (Epic) for research?

Required and supplemental trainings are located in the OurDay Epic Systems/Epic Research topic areas including those listed below.

Epic-Research Fundamentals Training Program (Login Required) 

Research Orders Training (Login Required)

Epic-Research Billing Review (Login Required)

Slicer Dicer Training (Login Required)

Human Stem Cells

Will your study involve the use of human stem cells?

Refer to the Stem Cell Research Oversight (SCRO) education and training page for training requirements. 

CITI Training: Human Stem Cell Research

MUSC's LabArchives Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) for Research Training

  • Training is mandatory for graduate and post-doctoral students in fundamental basic science wet labs so students will be familiar with the basics of using LabArchives’ ELN and related MUSC policy. To fulfill the required training please go to OurDay and enroll in LabArchives Training-Introductory Session. Watching the approximately one-hour video and answering a few questions afterward will give you credit for the training.  The course is also available to anyone interested.
  • The same Introductory training video is available (for no credit) in the MUSC Sitewide Notebook that will be in your Table of Contents when you sign in to your LabArchives account.  In that notebook go to the folder ‘Videos of LabArchives sessions we have had at MUSC’, and to the page ‘Video of Introduction to LabArchives session’.  To sign into LabArchives, go to https://mynotebook.labarchives.com/login, skip the Email address box and instead select “Medical University of South Carolina” from the "Sign in through your Institution" drop down list. You will be brought to the MUSC Single Sign-on page.
  • The folder ‘Videos of LabArchives sessions we have had at MUSC’ in the MUSC Sitewide Notebook also has pages with videos of advanced topic training sessions we’ve held at MUSC.
  • At www.labarchives.com, under ‘Resources’ there are a number of links to tutorials (via the Help Center), webinars and videos.  The Help Center’s Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) tutorials cover almost any topic related to ELN use. 
  • If there is a subject you do not see covered, or you need more information, you can
    • Choose ‘Contact Us’ under the Help Center to email a question
    • Email support@labarchives.com
    • Call 800-653-5016 to speak with a LabArchives representative
    • Email LA-site-admin@musc.edu to contact MUSC’s Site Administrator
    • Join the LabArchives Users Teams channel to ask questions of colleagues at MUSC or share ideas

MUSC Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

Will your study require registration with MUSC's Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)?

Refer to IBC's education and training page for training requirements and additional educational resources.

CITI Training: Biosafety/Biosecurity Modules

Remuneration with ClinCard

Do you want to utilize ClinCard to pay study participants?

Completion of a 5-module OurDay course that includes an assessment is required to utilize ClinCard for research participant remuneration. Individual modules can be completed for those needing a refresher on a particular aspect of ClinCard.

ClinCard Trainings (Login Required)

Research Administration

Are you new to research administration? 

For those new to research, new to MUSC, or who want to stay abreast of the latest developments, this session provides an overview of the basics of research administration and the internal procedures required for proposal processing within the University.

ORSP- Grants Administration 101

Shipping with Dry Ice

Does your study require the shipment of biospecimens or other materials using dry ice?

By law anyone who packs, ships, transports, or receives dangerous goods must be trained. Options are available in the CITI Catalog.  

  • Visit the Education & Training CITI webpage to login to CITI. (Login Required)
  • Select the Shipping and Transport of Regulated Biological Materials course.