Program Overview

University Program Information

The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine offers a range of programs for students pursuing a career in medicine.

Medical Education

The School of Medicine provides a comprehensive medical education program, including:

• Dual Degree Programs
• Curriculum
• Scholarly Concentrations, such as:
  • Rural and Tribal
  • Global Health
  • Clinical Ethics
  • Culinary and Medical Nutrition
  • Family Medicine
  • Health Policy and Advocacy
  • Interprofessional Education
  • Population Health
  • Wilderness Medicine
  • Medical Education
• MD Admissions Process, including:
  • Application Requirements
  • Prerequisites and Requirements
  • Secondary Application
  • Review and Selection
  • Acceptance Process
  • Prospective Student Events
• Tuition Fees
• Post-Baccalaureate Pathway Program, including:
  • Application Process
  • Prerequisite Requirements
  • Admissions Review Selection Process
  • Acceptance Process
• Scholarships

Physician Assistant Studies

The Physician Assistant Studies program offers:

• About the profession
• Curriculum
• Physician Assistant Studies Admissions, including:
  • Selection factors
  • Technical standards
  • Licensure Requirements
• Tuition and Fees

Speech Pathology and Audiology

The Speech Pathology and Audiology program offers:

• Speech Pathology Audiology programs, including:
  • Bachelors Program
  • Masters Program
  • Doctoral Program
  • Pre-Professional Program
• Speech Pathology Audiology admissions, including:
  • Disclosures
• Tuition and Fees

Residency and Fellowship Programs

The School of Medicine offers various Residency and Fellowship Programs, including:

• Resident salary schedule and benefits
• Application Information
• Internal Medicine Residency Program
• Family Medicine Residency Program
• Pediatrics Residency Program, including:
  • Curriculum
• Psychiatry Residency Program, including:
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Residency Site Rotations
  • Psychiatry Residency Didactics
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, including:
  • Child Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Sites Rotations
  • Fellowship Didactics
• Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, including:
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, including:
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Sports Medicine Fellowship
• Wilderness Medicine Fellowship
• Resident Resources, including:
  • Resident Leadership Council
  • Wellness Resources, such as:
    • Suicide Prevention and Awareness
    • Fit for Duty Evaluation Policy
    • Mental Health Resources
    • Resident Reporting

Admissions and Aid

The School of Medicine offers:

• Financial Aid

Student Success and Support

The School of Medicine provides:

• Student organizations, including:
  • MD Student Organizations
  • Physician Assistant student organizations
  • MD student travel support
• Learning and Wellness Support, including:
  • Student Health Insurance
  • Disability Accommodations
• Career Advising, including:
  • MD Year 1
  • MD Year 2
  • MD Year 3
  • MD Year 4
  • Match Day Resources, such as:
    • Residency Interviewing
    • Letters of Recommendation
    • Personal Statements
    • Medical Student Performance Evaluations
  • Military Match
  • Specialities, including:
    • Anesthesiology
    • Dermatology
    • Emergency Medicine
    • Family Medicine
    • General Surgery
    • Internal Medicine
    • Med-Peds
    • Neurology
    • Neurosurgery
    • Obstetrics and Gynecology
    • Ophthalmology
    • Orthopaedic Surgery
    • Otolaryngology
    • Pathology
    • Pediatrics
    • Plastic Surgery
    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    • Psychiatry
    • Radiology
    • Urology

Community Programs

The School of Medicine offers various community programs, including:

• Our Partners, such as:
  • Renown Health
• Office of Statewide Initiatives, including:
  • Nevada Area Health Education Center
  • Nevada Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment Program
  • Nevada Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  • Nevada Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program
  • Nevada State Office of Rural Health
  • Nevada Health Workforce Research
  • Pacific AIDS Education
  • Nevada Organ Donor Program
  • Project ECHO Nevada
• Anatomical Donation Program
• Nevada State Public Health Laboratory, including:
  • Mission and impact
  • Research and innovation
  • Newborn screening
  • Disease characteristics
  • Directory of Services
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Environmental public health
  • Serving Nevada
  • Careers at the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory
  • Bioinformatics and data science
• Speech Pathology and Audiology Clinics, including:
  • UCAN
• SOAR Program
• Student Outreach Clinic, including:
  • About
  • Services
  • Upcoming clinics
  • Volunteer
  • Clinic locations
• Sanford Center, including:
  • Health Services
  • Gerontology Academic Program
  • Volunteer
  • Donate
  • Learning opportunities

Research

The School of Medicine offers various research opportunities, including:

• Research Areas and Initiatives
• Core Facilities and Centers, such as:
  • Cardiovascular Research
  • HSTI Core
  • Transgenic Genotyping
  • Cell Analysis
• Research Training, including:
  • Graduate Research
  • Undergraduate Research
  • Medical Student Research Opportunities
• Clinical Research, including:
  • Clinical Data Science

Faculty

The School of Medicine offers various faculty resources, including:

• Faculty Affairs, including:
  • Promotion and Tenure
• Faculty Council
• Faculty Development
• Why teach at UNR Med?

Nevada Area Health Education Center

The Nevada Area Health Education Center (AHEC) was established by Congress in 1971 to recruit, train, and retain a health professions workforce dedicated to serving underserved populations.

Mission Statement

The Nevada AHEC Program is committed to strengthening Nevada's healthcare workforce by preparing future providers to serve rural, frontier, and underserved urban communities.

Nevada AHEC Centers

The Nevada AHEC Program comprises three regional centers:

• Frontier AHEC
• High Sierra AHEC
• Desert Meadows AHEC These centers expand education and training opportunities while advancing the program's mission to serve Nevada's diverse communities.