Information for Learners

Academic Integrity

Academic honesty and integrity are fundamental to CDISC's education mission. As stated in COP-005, CDISC has a responsibility to promote academic integrity in all authorized trainings. Students are responsible for the honest completion and representation of their work. Any academic misconduct will constitute dismissal of the attendee from the learning event without refund of fees and with annulment of any awarded CEUs. Academic misconduct is an act in which a student:

Seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization or citation;
Forges or falsifies academic documents or records;
Engages in conduct aimed at making false representation of a student's academic performance; or
Assists other students in any of these acts.
Examples of academic misconduct include, but are not limited to:
- cheating on an examination;
- collaborating with others in work to be presented, contrary to the stated rules of the course;
- submitting an assignment as one's own work when a part or all of the paper or assignment is the work of another;
- submitting an assignment that contains ideas or research of others without appropriately identifying the sources of those ideas;
- stealing examinations or course materials;
- submitting, if contrary to the rules of a course, work previously presented in another course;
- knowingly and intentionally assisting another student in any of the above.

Appropriate Student Behavior

All opinions and experiences, no matter how different or controversial they may be perceived, must be respected in the tolerant spirit of academic discourse. Students are encouraged to comment, question, or critique an idea but are not to attack an individual or disrupt the instructional framework of the learning event. The following guidelines describe appropriate behaviors to establish a positive, collaborative and effective learning environment:

Do not disrupt the instructor during instruction with off-topic questions or comments.
Do not dominate any discussion.
Give other students the opportunity to join in the discussion.
Do not use offensive language.
Present ideas appropriately and without judgement.
Keep an open mind and be willing to express even your minority opinion. Minority opinions have to be respected.
Do not hesitate to ask for positive and constructive feedback when it is appropriate.
Give assistance to other students when it is allowed by the instructor.

CDISC Learner Records

Maintaining CDISC Education Learner Records

CDISC Education follows strict learner record security guidelines and will only release records to individual learners upon request of the learner. The CDISC Education Learner Record Privacy and Information Security Policy is listed below:

All CDISC learner personal information and training records will be restricted from public access. CDISC will never share learner contact details with any third party. CDISC Ed and its partners utilize a standardized and centralized record management system for filing and storing learner personal and training information. This system will assure ease of retrieval, availability and accessibility of the learner training record without sacrificing the confidentiality of the learner training information.

Learners can visit our learning management system’s security and privacy compliance page for more information regarding their privacy and security policies.

Student Records Information Code of Responsibility for CDISC Learner Representatives

Learner information, including learning event information, which is provided to CDISC Education Representatives may not be used for any other purpose, or be passed on by the CDISC Learner Representatives to any other user.
CDISC Learner Representatives are responsible for the security of all data to which they have access. This involves establishing policies/procedures regarding access security to electronic records, keeping disks or printouts in locked cabinets, periodically updating passwords, and ensuring that terminals are properly signed off when not in use.
Confidential information regarding learners may not be released in any personally identifiable format without permission of the learner.
In compliance with the guidelines in the CDISC Education Learner Record Privacy and Information Security Policy, CDISC Learner Representatives will take every precaution to protect the integrity of our student records and any release of academic information identifying a specific learner is prohibited

Requesting CDISC Education Learner Records

CDISC Education follows strict learner record security guidelines and will only release records to individual learners upon request of the learner. Follow the steps below in order to access your learner records and protect your privacy and records security:

Requesting your learner records by email

Using the email address listed in your account, please email requests for your learner record to CDISC Education (training@cdisc.org) and include the following information:

Your Name

Email Address

Physical Address

Organization Affiliation (if any)

A CDISC Education representative will respond with the requested record or reply with more information requirements.

Accessing your learner records online

You can obtain a copy of their learner records by logging into their user accounts at learn.cdisc.org. Follow the steps below to access your training records:

Login into your account at learn.cdisc.org and access the “My Activities” section at the top of the page
Select the “PET Records” page on the top right of the screen
From the “PET Records” page you can:
- View and print learning event certificates
- View and print CEU record information

Please contact CDISC Education (training@cdisc.org) for more information about accessing you CDISC learner records. Please also refer to the CDISC policy on learner record privacy below.

General CEU Information

If a learner successfully completes a learning event that qualifies for continuing education units (CEUs), a CDISC education representative:
1. will send instructions for accessing CEU records to learner
2. will grant access to CEU certificate in online learning management system
3. will update learner records with new CEU acquisition
4. will notify learner of CEU status
5. will confirm criteria for CEUs were met by learner.

Calculating Continuing Education Units
1. Formula for Calculation
  1. One CEU represents 10 learning contact hours, truncated to one decimal place.
  3. Example 1: a course that has 17 hours of allowable learning contact time yields 17 / 10 = 1.7 CEUs.
  4. Example 2: a course has 15 hours of total contact time, of which 3.75 hours are not allowable yields 15 - 3.75 = 11.25 allowable hours; 11.25 / 10 = 1.125, which is truncated to 1.1 CEUs.
Activities that Qualify for CEUs - Activities that include a mechanism for assessing the learner’s achievement are eligible for CEUs. Examples are:
1. INSTRUCTOR-LED - Classroom and online learning events led by instructor and/or qualified discussion leader; these may be real-time or asynchronous
2. ASSESSMENTS - Time used to complete learner assessments and program evaluations.
3. CONFERENCES - Planned learning activities within conferences events, including sessions, workshops and any other event that was developed and delivered following CDISC Education’s development processes.
4. SELF-PACED LEARNING - Planned program of learning in which the student determines the order and timing of the course materials, and in which the learner’s progress is tracked and feedback is provided through standardized assessments; no instructor participates in the process. These are typically online and on-demand.
Activities that do Not Qualify for CEUs - The following activities are not eligible for awarding CEUs.
1. BREAKS - Time periods during training that are not planned learning, such as breaks, lunch, discussions about non-class subjects
2. TEAM MEMBERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES - Holding membership or serving on a CDISC standards development team
3. COURSE DEVELOPMENT - Developing courses in association with CDISC Education
4. INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIP - Independent writings such as articles, books, research reports, or presentation of papers
Learning record storage
1. Education representative will store learning records for a minimum of seven years
2. Education representative will maintain online learning record database.
3. Learning records will be maintained in a secure location in order to protect learner confidentiality and record integrity.
Transcript retrieval
- Learner can access training records through online LMS learning record database.
- Instructions for accessing online LMS learning record database are accessible on CDISC Education “Information for Learners” webpage on CDISC website.
- Education representative will provide technical support to learners on retrieving learning records in online LMS learning record database as needed.
- Education will maintain confidentiality by releasing learning records only to the learner.
- If an individual wishes to access another learner’s records, they must obtain written and signed permission from record holder.

For more information on CEUs and CDISC training, contact CDISC Education at training@cdisc.org.

General Course Costs and Payment Policies

The fees for public courses can be viewed on the course registration form. Fees for other classroom courses can be requested from CDISC Education by emailing training@cdisc.org. Online course fees are listed in the cdisc.trainingcampus.net Product Catalog page after a user creates and logs into a user account. Fees may vary by geographic location of employer and by CDISC membership level.

General Prerequisites

1. A basic understanding of clinical research

2. A basic understanding of the clinical data collection process

3. A high-level understanding of CDISC standards

Learner Record Privacy and Information Security Policy

All CDISC learners can obtain a copy of their learner records by logging into their user accounts at learn.cdisc.org. Learners may also request a copy of their record by contacting CDISC Education (training@cdisc.org). Learners can visit our learning management system provider’s security and privacy compliance page or contact them via email (training@cdisc.org) for more information regarding their privacy and security policies.

Successfully Completing a Course

In order for a leaner to successfully complete a course:
1. An education representative or learner will complete training registration.
2. A learner will complete formative assessment survey
3. A learner must attend course for 80% of total course time. Specific attendance requirements are posted in course information pages.
4. A learner will complete final course assessment
5. A learner will complete summative assessment surveys
Remediation: The following requirements will be in effect if learner does not successfully complete all parts of training:
1. If learner registers for course but fails to complete formative assessment in required time, learner will be notified that they must transfer registration to later date.
2. If learner completes formative assessment but does not meet attendance requirement, learner will be notified that they must re-attend course in full.
3. If learner meets attendance requirement in full but fails content assessment, learner is given a maximum of two additional re-attempts before being required to re-attend the course in full. Learner will be notified and will receive a certificate of attendance after the third failed assessment attempt.
4. If learner successfully completes content assessment but fails to complete summative assessment, learner will be notified and CEUs will be on hold until summative assessment is completed.