It is a requirement of the WSU Graduate School that all graduate students (both PhD and MS) complete PSIT (Professional and Scholarly Integrity Training). It is recommended that the training is completed before the end of your first year of study.

The training covers four topical areas:

  1. Research misconduct;
  2. Publication practices and responsible authorship;
  3. Conflict of interest and commitment; and
  4. Ethical issues in data acquisition, management, sharing and ownership

CITI Training Modules

We are using CITI training modules to satisfy this requirement. To complete the training:

  • Read Instructions for Enrolling in CITI courses
  • Complete WSU CITI Registration form
  • and complete "GRADUATE RESEARCH BASIC RCR"program.
    • This program includes 4 modules:
      • Authorship;
      • Conflicts of Interest;
      • Data Management; and
      • Research Misconduct
  • You may have to add this course from the startup questionnaire. You DO NOT NEED to complete any other trainings in CITI to meet this requirement.
  • Students should then SHARE there completion report with the physics office for our records and to transmit to the Graduate School.

The training should only take about 4 hours to complete in total.