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2000. The Program began developing new educational content in the area of human subjects protection soon after DHHS announced its human subjects protection education mandate in June 2000. The co-founders recruited experts in research ethics and ethics committee procedures to write 10 modules for a new web-based course. Version 1 of the CITI Human Research Subjects Course was written, edited, peer-reviewed and implemented in the University of Miami distance learning software on September 3, 2000 to meet the October 1, 2000 NIH deadline.1,2 In the last nine years, this first course has undergone numerous upgrades, additions and modifications. In addition to this basic course in the protection of human subjects (biomedical and social/behavioral focus), the Program now offers courses in Good Clinical Practice (GCP), health information privacy and security (HIPS), responsible conduct o