Student Research Training

1) Create an account on the portal of the McGill University Health Centre Research Institute

• https://portal.rimuhc.ca/  

• Direct link to create an account the first time (see screenshot to fill appropriately): https://portal.rimuhc.ca/pls/apex/f?p=101:1 

2) Contact Aurelia Melloni (aurelia.melloni@rimuhc.ca) with me in cc in order for her to register your as a student at the MUHC-RI. You will need to fill certain documents and questions that she will have for you. Specifically, she will ask: 

• Supervisor authorization form (to be completed and signed) - forms in PDF below

• Confidentiality agreement (to be completed and signed) - form in PDF below. 

• Copy of Medicare card (RAMQ) or proof of medical insurance

• Copy of photo ID, if a Medicare card is not provided

• If contact with patients or use of patient databases is listed in the description of tasks, please provide a valid professional order member number OR if they are a student, please provide proof of enrollment in a Canadian university

• If foreign, copy of valid work/study permit

  • Date of birth

  • Phone number

3) Please make sure to go through the training under the MUHC-RI portal to obtain your SOP-1 (standard of practice in research). You will have to go in the menu under the TalenLMS training application, choose a language, and select the catalog to do the courses: introduction to RI-MUHC and SOP-1.

4) You need to do the: Research, Ethics, Compliance, and Safety Training from the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program). Specifically, you need to go over the RI-MUHC modules. 

• Link: https://about.citiprogram.org/ 

• Register on the top right of the screen.

• Select your organization

• Please do the RI-MUHC and GCP modules. Some of you may also need: Health Canada Division 5 - Drugs For Clinical Trials. 

5) If you do not have already a windows account - you will need to provide your ID on your MUHC-badge to Daniela (often XXZZ600A, where XX is the first 2 letters of your last name, ZZ is the first 2 letters of your first name and A is also a number). Please email Daniela: daniela.villegas.martinez@muhc.mcgill.ca with this information and specifically mentioning you need: 

• Windows account

• Account with permission for access to the "NeoCardioLab folder" under the Global-Share drive. 

• Access to my office: B05.2513

6) Obtain a Nagano access in order to be added to the REB of the MUHC. 

• https://nagano.muhc.mcgill.ca/login

• To obtain access - you need to send an email to: info.nagano@muhc.mcgill.ca - specifically you need to provide your username at the MUHC (often XXZZ600A, where XX is the first 2 letters of your last name, ZZ is the first 2 letters of your first name and A is also a number).

 7) Do the mandatory learning modules 

• MUHC-Library modules: https://www.muhclibraries.ca/classes-workshops/ 

• Please do all the video tutorials by the MUHC Library: https://www.muhclibraries.ca/training-and-guides/video-tutorials/#tabs-21195-0-1 

• Download and install EndNote via your McGill Account: https://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/citation 

• Go under the Password Protected Portal, in the Fellowship And Student portal

  • Do the learning modules under the folder "How to important modules" that are pertinent for your research project (we can discuss which one are or not pertinent). 

• Depending on your project you will also need training for: RedCap, Syngo, Tomtec and Statistics. 

• Optional - review some of the available workshops at the McGill Library.

• Please take the time to review some of the interesting material that has been posted here by the McGill Library.

8) Send your picture for the website - I will put you as a member of the team in the students section.