Animal Use Training Instructions
For any questions regarding Research Training, please contact Research Staffing Section:
Laketha FLyod, Research Staffing Assistant (Laketha.Floyd@va.gov)
Coral Ana, Director of Research Staffing Section (Coralyn.Ana@va.gov)
What is the required training?
• Working with the VA IACUC
• Waste Anesthetic Gases Training
• Working with Species Specific Training (Example: Working with Mice)
Who has to take the training?
•Personnel who participate in or supervise research that involves laboratory animals. If personnel participate in or supervise animal procedures conducted at the VAMC, working with animals purchased with VA funds regardless of performance location, or work with animals during VA duty hours, regardless of location, they must complete the CITI web-based training anually.
How do you take it?
•If you do not remember your username and password:
–Click on: “New Users Register Here”
–Under “Select your institution or organization” go to Veterans Affairs and choose “San Diego, CA-664”
•Once you have logged in follow the instructions for registration. The system will ask you a series of questions that will lead you to the required courses listed above. .
How is my training recorded?
•Once you have completed the training in CITI, the Research Staffing Office will receive an email notification and will update your training record.