Visiting Residents Policy

Original Approval: 7/1/2017

Reviewed Date: 12/10/2025

Acceptance of visiting residents is optional. No training program is required to accept visiting residents. Resident salary is provided by the visiting resident's home institution. Liability insurance for visiting residents will also be provided by the visiting resident's home institution. At no time will UNR Med provide either salary support or liability insurance to visiting residents.

A Visiting Resident Affiliation Agreement must be executed prior to the visiting resident starting their rotation at UNR MED.

Visiting Resident Training Agreements may be between the two institutions and need not be department specific, therefore one executed agreement will cover all departments. Departments should coordinate the design of a Visiting Resident Affiliation Agreement with the Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME) when an agreement is needed.

In addition, there is a visiting resident packet that must be completed before the agreement is initiated. The visiting resident must currently be a trainee in another Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or AOA (after 2020 all ACGME) accredited program in the United States and the home program director must sign the Visiting Resident Approval Form or provide a letter attached to the form.

The University of Nevada Reno, School of Medicine program director is required to sign the form indicating that the elective rotation will fall within the program requirements and an evaluation of performance will be provided upon completion of the rotation. Visiting residents must apply for and receive a Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners or Osteopathic Board training license. Information can be found at Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners or Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine.

Liability insurance will be provided by the visiting resident's home institution. A letter from the home institution confirming coverage must be provided to the Office of GME. A statement regarding liability coverage must be included in the affiliation agreement. The "Liability Coverage" section of the visiting resident approval form must also be completed.