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MRI Safety Training

Training information

Before being permitted to work in the fMRI environment, the DBIC requires research personnel to complete a safety training course conducted by Terry Sackett, as well as complete an online safety training module. The purpose of our safety training protocol is to provide research personnel with rigorous information on how to safely conduct themselves in the scanning environment. At the end of the training session, research personnel will be allowed to be in the control room with a certified scan operator. The DBIC requires that two researchers (at least one certified scan operator and a safety-trained assistant) are in the control room at all times.

Trainees will be expected to know and follow all best practice safety procedures, including: how to thoroughly and properly adminster the pre-scan experimenter checklist,  subject and metal screen participants, operate the metal detector, operate the airlock door to the MRI suite, and importantly, be competent in their knowledge of emergency practices and procedures and familiar with DBIC's incident reporting policy. Finally, we will provide users with best practices for cleaning and disinfecting to maintain a healthy shared research environment.

Training materials

To sign up for a safety training class:

  • Research personnel must complete the Dartmouth Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects education requirement. The DBIC requires research personnel to complete the CITI Online Tutorial found here. Please complete the Group 2 Social/Behavioral Basic Course.
  • Once CITI training has been completed, please email your certificate of completion to Courtney Rogers (courtney.rogers@dartmouth.edu), and sign up for a safety training course. You'll also need to provide the name of the faculty/lab with which you'll be working.

Please review the DBIC calendar before requesting to sign up for a safety training course. We have training sessions scheduled approximately twice per month, and may be able to accommodate trainings outside these times on a limited basis.

MRI safety training classes will be limited to 4 participants per class.

For access to the DBIC calendar, please email courtney.rogers@dartmouth.edu

Training schedules

2025

Winter

Date Time Sign-up deadline Available slots
Friday, January 10 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesday, January 7 4
Monday, January 13 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Thursday, January 9 4
Tuesday, January 21 9:30-11 a.m. Tuesday, January 14 4
Wednesday, January 29 8-9:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 22 4
Thursday, February 6 12-1:30 p.m. Thursday, January 30 4
Wednesday, February 26 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 19 4
Monday, March 10 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Monday, March 3 4

Spring

Date Time Sign-up deadline Available slots
Thursday, April 3 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27 4
Monday, April 14 2:30-4 p.m. Monday, April 7 4
Friday, May 2 8:30-10 a.m. Friday, April 25 4
Tuesday, May 20 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13 4
Tuesday, June 4 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 28 4

Summer

Date Time Sign-up deadline Available slots
Thursday, June 26 1-2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19 4
Wednesday, July 16 8:30-10 a.m. Wednesday, July 9 4
Monday, August 4 2:30-4 p.m. Monday, July 28 4
Friday, August 22 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday, August 15 4

Fall

Date Time Sign-up deadline Available slots
Tuesday, September 2 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Tuesday, August 26 4
Thursday, September 18 1:30 - 3 p.m. Thursday, September 11 4
Wednesday, September 24 2:30 - 4 p.m.

 Wednesday, September 17 4
Monday, September 29 12 - 1:30 p.m. Monday, September 22 4
Friday, October 10 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, October 3 4
Tuesday, October 24 12:30-2 p.m. Tuesday, October 14 4
Friday, November 14 8:30-10 a.m. Friday, November 7 4
Wednesday, December 3 11 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 26 4