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What is Typhon?
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What is a Preceptor?
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What are UMSN-IT's area of responsibility when it comes to Typhon?
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How to add a Preceptor
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How to reset an account password
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How to add a student
What is Typhon?
Typhon is an online clinical tracking and management system that nursing programs use to keep all the “real-world” training data organized. Nursing students log in to record details about their clinical hours, patient encounters, skills performed, and evaluations. Faculty can review the data, approve entries, track progress toward program requirements, and generate reports for accreditation or licensure purposes.
What is a Preceptor?
A preceptor is an experienced, licensed nurse (or other approved health care provider) who supervises and mentors a student during clinical rotations. These providers also review and confirms the student’s work. These approvals get logged into Typhon for official records. Students also do evaluations for their preceptor. Both parties will receive an email with a special link to fill out their respected evaluations for each other.
What is UMSN-IT's area of responsibility with Typhon?
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Add students to the system.
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Reset passwords — only for faculty and staff, upon request.
All other requests from students (e.g., enabling/disabling access, adding a preceptor, adding a clinical site, or any other Typhon-related request): Use the "Typhon Student Request Response" template or direct the student to the correct email address based on whether they are a graduate or undergraduate student: umsn-undergradclinicalplacement@med.umich.edu or UMSN-GraduateClinicalPlacement@med.umich.edu.
Because Typhon contains student records required for graduation, we must follow this process and not change anything within the student database outside of adding a student account.
How to add a Preceptor:
UMSN-IT does not add preceptor's to Typhon. Students & Faculty need to make this request depending on their program:
- Graduate clinical placements: email UMSN-GraduateClinicalPlacement@med.umich.edu or call 734-764-0659
- Undergraduate clinical placements: email UMSN-UndergradAdvisors@med.umich.edu or call 734-764-0092.
How to reset an account password:
Typhon is an online clinical tracking and management system that nursing programs use to keep all the “real-world” training data organized. Nursing students log in to record details about their clinical hours, patient encounters, skills performed, and evaluations. Faculty can review the data, approve entries, track progress toward program requirements, and generate reports for accreditation or licensure purposes.
How to add students to Typhon?
POCs
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Jill McFarland and Theresa Davis will send updated student lists via ticket or email.
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Bulk Upload (Spreadsheet Provided)
Note: Before uploading, open and check the data in the spreadsheet that is attached in the ticket to make sure all the data is in the proper columns are typed in the proper format.
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Click Student Accounts
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From Add a Student dropdown, select Import Students from Excel
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Fill in required fields:
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Student Login → Select Import from spreadsheet
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Expected Graduation Class → From spreadsheet title (e.g., Winter 2026)
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Specialty → From spreadsheet title (e.g., PM DNP)
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$100 System Access Fee → Leave as-is unless directed otherwise
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Upload spreadsheet
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Click Save Data
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Search for the added account and click the SLAP button to email the user their Typhon account confirmation and password reset link.
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Individual Student
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From dropdown, select Add a student
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Enter required info:
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Full Name → LAST NAME, First Name
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Login → Use Uniqname (6–30 characters)
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If less than 6 characters, add first letters of first name
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Example: Shelby Woo → Uniqname = SWOO → Login = SWOOSH
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Email Address → Student’s email
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Expected Graduation Class → From spreadsheet title (e.g., Winter 2026)
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Specialty → From spreadsheet title (e.g., PM DNP)
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$100 System Access Fee → Leave as-is unless directed otherwise
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Click Save Data (A confirmation screen will show the accounts that were created or why they could not be created)
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Click Student Accounts
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Search for each newly added account and click the SLAP button to email the user their Typhon account confirmation and password reset link.