Volunteer Safety Training

Training Schedule and Expectations

If you are accepted into the program you will complete our Volunteer Safety Training which includes Part 1 and Part 2 of User Safety training and a special half-day of observed screening in ‘Screener Bootcamp’. You will also need to complete a HIPAA training through Citi for working with human research participants.

Part 1 Volunteer Safety Training

The goal of the course is to certify participants as eligible to subsequently conduct research using the MR scanner at the GUMC Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging (CFMI).  

This is an interactive course, so please ensure that you have both video and audio working. Please reserve time for the course until ~1:00PM. Attendance will be taken at 9:00AM! If you are not present when attendance is taken, you will be considered absent and will need to sign up for the next available session.

Sign-up Link: Here

Estimated Timeline

9:00am – Attendance & Introduction

9:10am – MR Scanner Parts and Physics

9:30am – Safety Implications of MR Scanner Parts

10:25am – Break

10:30am – Safety Implications of MR Scanner Parts (continued)

11:00am – CFMI in Particular: Safety & Emergency Procedures

11:30am – Screening Participants Prior to MR Procedures

12:30pm – Quiz

Additional Links:

Safety Training Resources

  • PDF copy of the lecture slides 
  • Additional readings on MR Safety – Additional readings are for reference and are not mandatory for course completion.
  • Video Links – In case there is any difficulty with video playback during the class, use these links to play the video on your own device.

MRI Screening Forms

  • Environment Screening Form
  • Procedure Screening Form

Part 2 Volunteer Safety Training

The tour should take about 45 minutes, and will involve showing you around CFMI as well as completing the environmental screener.

Before arriving, please be sure to read through our Community Standards, which outlines our expectations for you as a member of the CFMI community. This document contains important information about booking, participant management, and safety, so if any questions arise we encourage you to ask them during the safety tour! For the volunteering program you can focus on the safety aspects but understanding how participants are managed will help you in the long run in the MRI Participant Liason position.

When you get here, go ahead and ring the doorbell to the left of the door, and one of us will be there to let you in and begin the tour. 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to cfmi-scanning-team@georgetown.edu, and Sarah, Stephanie or Holly will get back to you. We greatly look forward to meeting you!

Citi Training

Log into Citi Program using you netID and password.

  • Add Georgetown as your affiliated university if not already added.
  • Select “View Courses”
  • Scroll to bottom of page and select “Add a Course”
  • Fill out questionnaire indicating that you will be working with human subjects.
  • Select the following courses:
    • HIPAA and Human Subjects (ID 41113)
    • Group 1. Biomedical research investigators and key personnel. (ID 3907)
    • Group 2. Social and behavioral research investigators and key personnel. (ID 3908)
    • Biomedical Comprehensive Human Subject Protections Course (ID 341149)
    • Social-Behavioral-Educational Human Subject Protection (SBE) Comprehensive (ID 341150)
  • Complete all modules of these courses before coming into CFMI for Screener bootcamp.

Screener Bootcamp

This should take place on your assigned volunteering day and can be done at the same time as Part 2 of Safety Training. Screener Bootcamp involves you practicing second screening on CFMI lab members as well as observed second screening of participants. 

Please review the following documents before coming in for Screener Bootcamp:

The Visiting RA Welcome Guide and our Community Standards both of which include important information about CFMI policies and procedures, as well as our FAQ. Having this information will be crucial for you to be a contributing member of your research team. 

The CFMI Safety for Users folder includes essential information about participant safety screening and implant reviews. A few documents to note: