External personnel must complete required training before the institution can serve as their reviewing IRB.

• External Sites: Personnel affiliated with an academic institution or other organization with an IRB or FWA must complete human protections training as required by their institution. The relying site’s HRPP is responsible for ensuring its personnel have completed the training required by their institution. Training certificates do not need to be provided to the UW-Madison IRB.
• External Individuals: Personnel affiliated with an organization without an IRB or not affiliated with any entity (e.g., independent consultant) must complete human participant protection training and, if applicable, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training. Training certificates will need to be uploaded in the IRB application for external individuals. For more information on training for external personnel, please see the HRPP Training Options for External Personnel page. In rare cases, external individuals may also need to complete the following training:
  • HIPAA Training: External individuals for whom the institution is serving as the reviewing IRB and will use or disclose PHI must complete UW-Madison HIPAA training. For more information, see the HIPAA training website.
  • Conflict of Interest (COI) Disclosure and Training Requirements for NIH Funded Studies: If your study is funded by NIH AND external personnel (whether affiliated with a site or not) will be a subrecipient of the NIH award, NIH COI requirements may apply. We recommend consulting with campus COI staff to determine what requirements may apply in these circumstances.