Target Audience: ACOS, AOs, IRB Staff/Admin, R&D Committees, VAIRRS Staff/Admin, Researchers, General ORD Training

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Objectives:

Join the May feature of the new VAIRRS Data Series Webinar to learn more about the VAIRRS data integrity initiative and its potential impact on your program. The VAIRRS Monthly Webinar Series offers expert advice, training, demonstrations, and/or direction to the VA research community regarding the various topics around VAIRRS. 

Target Audience: VA research leadership and administrators; R&D Committee Chairs and members; VA Investigators; interested members of the VA research community

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Objectives: The presenters for this webinar will be Tony Laracuente, MBA; Director of Field Operations; ORD; Karen Jeans,PhD, CCRN, CIP; Director of Regulatory Affairs, EPROS; ORD; Angela ‘Angie’ Foster, MS, FAC-P/PM Senior Level; Program Manager, EPROS;ORD; and Christopher Britt, JD; VA Office of General Counsel Ethics Specialty Team.

The purpose of this webinar is to describe the implementation requirements for the new VHA Directive 1200.13: Financial Conflicts of Interest and Outside Compensation for Performance in VA research.

At the conclusion of the webinar, learners will:

1. Describe the key responsibilities required by VHA Directive 1200.13 for VA Medical Center Director, ACOS/R, AO/R, R&D Committee, Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) Administrators, and VA Investigators;
2. Identify key requirements for submission and review of the Research Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) Statement, OGE Form 450 Alternative-VA (“Alt-450”);
3. Describe how training for Financial Conflict of Interest Administrators’ training for review of the OGE 450 Alt-450 VA will be conducted; and
4. Identify training resources provided by ORD on the VAIRRS Research Conflict of Interest Module.