Enrolling in the CITI HIPAA course
New CITI User
- Go to the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) login page.
- Register as a new user.
- Affiliate with the University of Nevada, Reno (important).
- When you get to the options for which training you would like to take, scroll down to “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)” and select “HIPAA for Education and Research,” then click “Submit.”
- The View Courses page for the University of Nevada, Reno will show new, incomplete, and completed courses.
Existing CITI User
- Go to the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) login page.
- Log in using your registered CITI username and password.
- Ensure that your account is affiliated with the University of Nevada, Reno. If not, click the Add Affiliation button and search for University of Nevada, Reno, then choose your course(s).
- If you are already affiliated with University of Nevada, Reno, click View Courses then scroll down to click on: "Add a Course" to select the necessary course(s).
- Scroll down to “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)” and select “HIPAA for Education and Research,” then click “Submit.”
- Go back to your CITI home page to start the course. You may start and stop the modules as many times as needed.
Once you have completed the training, CITI will create a completion certificate and send an email to the University. You may want to keep a copy of your training completion certificate for future use.