Welcome to Research Education & Training
To ensure that all individuals conducting research at Mass General Brigham have access to the training and education needed, we have developed a comprehensive education and training program which presents information in a multitude of media – courses, short video tutorials, templates, and tools. All Mass General Brigham enterprise-level trainings and courses are provided on these pages.Â
EDUCATION COURSES
Our education courses are our most comprehensive program, with offerings for all types of research at Mass General Brigham. To better help you identify the courses you need to take, we have created pages that organize courses based on either type of research – Human, Animal, Laboratory – or different roles in research at Mass General Brigham – Investigators, Research Trainees, Research Staff. The icons below describe each pathway.
- Investigators = Principal Investigators, Co-Investigators, Investigators, etc.
- Research Staff = Research Coordinators, RAs, Project Managers, etc.
- Research Trainees = Postdocs, Fellows, Residents, New/Junior Faculty, etc.
- Human = If you are conducting Human Research
- Animal = If you are conducting Animal Research
- Laboratory = If you are conducting Laboratory Research
Click the links below to be directed to our course pages
All our courses are available in Healthstream. To find and register for courses in Healthstream,
- Search keywords in HealthStream to see all courses. For example, search “HRA” to get a list of all Human Research Affairs courses and search “RCO” to get a list of all Research Compliance courses
- If searching for a particular course, enter the full course title to search. For example, “HRA Clinical Research Boot Camp”
Your institution may provide additional trainings and courses. Click the links below to be directed to the relevant page.
ON-DEMAND VIDEOS AND TUTORIALS
The Human Research Affairs Compliance and Education Office has created a number of short video tutorials that present an overview of human subjects research processes to assist you. Click here to be directed to their site.
STUDY MANAGEMENT TOOLS
The Human Research Affairs Compliance and Education Office has created a number of study management tools used to ensure compliance with requirements and good recordkeeping for human subjects research. The tools are used as a starting point to meet site specific needs for regulatory documentation and subject files. They should be used in conjunction with other tools. Click here to be directed to their site.