Enrolling in the CITI HIPAA course

New CITI User

  1. Go to the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) login page.
  2. Register as a new user.
  3. Affiliate with the University of Nevada, Reno (important).
  4. The next page will show courses that you have enrolled in and those that you have completed. To add a new course, scroll to the bottom of the page to the Learner Tools section and click on the link to “Add a Course.”
  5. 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.”
  6. The View Courses page for the University of Nevada, Reno will show the course is ready for you to begin.

Existing CITI User

  1. Go to the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) login page.
  2. Log in using your registered CITI username and password.
  3. 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).
  4. If you are already affiliated with University of Nevada, Reno, click View Courses then scroll down to the Learner Tools section and click on: "Add a Course" to select the necessary course(s).
  5. Scroll down to “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)” and select “HIPAA for Education and Research,” then click “Submit.”
  6. The View Courses page for the University of Nevada, Reno will show the course is ready for you to begin.

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.