The ITA Academy is the International Testing Agency’s centre for workforce training, specialised anti-doping events, and applied research in anti-doping. It delivers globally recognised professional training, certification programs, and continuing professional development for the anti-doping workforce. Through academic partnerships and regional ITA Academic Centres, it also helps strengthen and improve the global delivery of anti-doping programs and clean sport initiatives worldwide, while creating opportunities for students to develop skills and gain experience in the field of anti-doping.
The ITA IDCO Training Program offers athletes the guarantee that tests and doping controls are conducted in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and international best practice. This applies wherever they are tested and whatever sport they compete in, and ensures that doping controls are conducted safely, respectfully and by trained professionals.
Graduates will be able to work as a DCO and be proficient in the professional, procedural, and regulatory aspects required to deliver doping control and testing of athletes at sporting events and in the out-of-competition setting.
The ITA IBCO Training Program aims to provide qualified and professionally registered nurses, physicians and phlebotomists with the knowledge to apply their existing professional clinical skills in the context of the sport anti-doping field.
The course equips participants with a deep understanding of anti-doping principles, including the motivations behind doping, the global structure of anti-doping efforts, and the importance of clean sport values. It explores prohibited substances, testing processes, and evolving challenges in anti-doping to uphold the integrity of sport worldwide.
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The course offers sports and anti-doping organisations an international-level certification for their workforce, allowing them to provide the best clean sport education to athletes and their entourage.
This short online course is only available to Anti-Doping Organisations delivering testing at sporting events, for the purpose of training volunteer or other workforce. It is delivered in English and takes around 1 hour to complete. Participants will receive an ITA certificate of completion.
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