Research Conflict of Interest

Background: All HSC designated researchers (including external researchers who are affiliated with an HSC researcher or research project) must complete the Research Conflict of Interest (RCOI) training as a part of the RCOI process. The RCOI training is done in the CITI system (please note that is separate from the GRAMS system – a link to CITI is provided in your GRAMS disclosure form). There is only one RCOI training course that you will need to complete, which is called “UNT Research Conflict of Interest”. This training must be completed at least annually.

1. You will need to go to CITI program and login with your credentials (for CITI).
   • • If you haven’t already, you will need to affiliate with the HSC account, which is titled University of North Texas Health Science Center. To affiliate, click the “Add Affiliation” button under the Institutional Courses section. 
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2. You will need to add the training to your course list (this is something only you can do, any course in your profile was added by you).
   • • To add the course, you will first click the “View Courses” button next to our institution’s name.
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     • At the bottom of the next page, you will click “Add a Course” in the box labeled Learner Tools for University of North Texas Health Science Center.
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3. You will be taken to a page titled “Select Curriculum” where you will go through a list of questions (to ensure you are enrolled in all necessary courses).
4. To add the RCOI training course, please go to “Question 5 (Conflict of Interest (Research))” and select the response, “UNT Research Conflict of Interest”.

   1. • Note: Several other questions on this page may require an answer, and for those you can select “No” or ”Not at this time”, as applicable (unless you have to take another training course for a different research requirement).

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5. After answering all of the questions, please click “Submit”. The training will then show up in your University of North Texas Health Science Center CITI course list:
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6. REMINDER: The training has only one required module (see screenshot below). Supplemental modules are NOT required. There is a quiz at the end of the module; once you complete the quiz with a passing score of 80%, you have completed the RCOI CITI training. (Note: this information should be updated in your GRAMS disclosure profile in 24 hours. You do not have to send a copy of your training certificate to the Office of Research Compliance, however we do suggest printing or saving a PDF copy for your records.)
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1. Go to the GRAMS website and sign in with SSO.
2. In the My Inbox section of your Dashboard, click the link titled Disclosure Profile for [Your first and last name].
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3. Then click Edit Disclosure Profile.
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4. Read the Instructions and Policies, then click Continue in the bottom righthand corner.
5. Answer Yes or No to the question “Do you have any financial interests and/or outside activities to report?”
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6. If you answered Yes, add in the entity information you have to disclose by clicking the +Add If you answered No, skip to step 7.
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7. Click the Continue button in the bottom righthand corner.
8. Click the Complete Disclosure Profile Update button.
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9. A new window will pop up that states “By completing your disclosure profile update you are verifying that all disclosure information is accurate and current.” Click OK.
10. Your Disclosure Profile will then move to the No Action Required state (regardless of if your training has been completed).
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