OFFICE OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

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Welcome Incoming Residents!

This page contains all of the information you need to get started ...

Step I: Know your Residency Coordinator and his/her needs
(click here for list by program)

Your program coordinator is your ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT to your residency program. Your program coordinator will have program-specific requests for you. At this time, please send a copy of your final diploma to your contact. He/she may require additional items from you.

Step II: Licensing in Nevada

In order to practice medicine in Nevada, you will need to have a medical license. Residents need to obtain training or restricted licenses from either the Medical or Osteopathic Board and fellows need to obtain an unrestricted from the appropriate board. In most cases the applications have been included in the initial packets sent out by the coordinators. These applications are due April 1, 2008.

. MD Board
. DO Board

Step III: Hospital Credentialing Forms

In order to help you complete the necessary forms to begin your training at various hospitals, we have tried to put the necessary forms in one location for your convenience. Some of the hospitals have already sent out information, and will not be part of this process.

Residency Program Hospital Grid

Instructions: Please click on the link above and locate your program. The hospitals at which you will be rotating are designated by the letter X. If there is a blue X, a link has been established to information which you need to read. In many cases there are tests and other forms that need completion. Often there is a checklist that also needs to be completed. Please follow the instructions for the individual sections from each hospital in your program.

Pay close attention to where things need to be sent and the deadlines for completing and sending in forms.

Step IV: Important Forms including GME Forms, Human Resource Forms and Benefit Forms

This step provides you with important forms that are needed for orientation and securing employment at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Further, these forms will facilitate your signing up for your various benefits.

Below is a list of the forms which you need to complete and submit with your other forms due to your coordinator on April 1, 2008(PDFs):

. Resident checklist - Reno
. Resident checklist - Las Vegas
. Personal Data Form
. UNSOM data form
. NPI Form (national physician identifier)
. I-9 form
. Lab coat size chart (LV-programs: surgery, plastic surgery, EM, IM, FM, pediatrics)
. Background check form
. Pharmacy Board’s Controlled Substance Application
. W-4
. REQUIRED HUMAN RESOURCES FORMS
. REQUIRED UNSOM COMPLIANCE HIPAA DOCUMENTS - LV RESIDENTS ONLY

Step V: Orientation and Training Schedules

Reno: UNSOM Orientation June 27 (morning)
. Internal Medicine	June 25-27 and 30
. Psychiatry	June 25-27 and 30
. Family Medicine	June 25-27 and 30
. Child Psychiatry	June
. Geriatrics	June
. Sports Medicine	June
. FM – Obstetrics	June
Las Vegas: UNSOM Orientation June 25 (all day)
. Internal Medicine	June 20th to 30th
. Pediatrics	June 22 -30 (inclusive)
. Emergency Medicine	June
. Family Medicine	June 23 – 30th
. Obstetrics/Gynecology	June 24th –June 30th
. Surgery	June
. Plastic Surgery	June
. Psychiatry	June 26
. Sports Medicine	June
. FM Obstetrics	June
. Acute Care Surgery	June