Typhon Instructor Guide

Typhon Instructor Guide Including:
Overview
Instructor Orientation/Training
Instructor Responsibilities
How to Get Help
Instructor FAQs

Typhon Overview and Use Cases for Faculty
Typhon is a secure tracking platform that provides an easy way for nursing students to log, track, and manage clinical hours and experiences. This tool also contains some student evaluations and surveys to evaluate the student, clinical site, and preceptor. Please check with your program lead for additional details about the following evaluations and surveys:

• Student Self Evaluation
• Preceptor Evaluation of Student
• Student and Faculty Evaluations of Clinical Site
• Student and Faculty Evaluations of Preceptor
• Faculty Site Visit Observation Tool

Instructor Orientation/Training

You will have access to numerous help articles and video tutorials when you are logged into the Typhon system. 

Instructor Responsibilities
How to request access for Typhon:

• If you don’t have account access or forget how to login, email umsn-graduateclinicalplacement@med.umich.edu or call Theresa Davis at (734) 763-7304.
  • If students or preceptors reach out to you about access issues, please send them to this same email address and phone number.

Preceptor Responsibilities

• Each preceptor needs to complete a midterm and end of term evaluation.
• Preceptors will receive an email with a custom link that they can use to complete the evaluations. NOTE: these links will be specific to a student/preceptor/evaluation combination. The links are not interchangeable. 

How to Get Help
For assistance, you can:

• Contact Theresa Davis at the UMSN Graduate Clinical Placements Office by phone (734) 763-7304, or by email umsn-graduateclinicalplacement@med.umich.edu.

Instructor FAQs

• How do I add a missing preceptor?
  • Log in to your account.
  • Go to the Information and Setup page.
  • Select Setup Default Choices.
  • Double-check the drop down menu for your preceptor.
  • If you cannot find the preceptor in the dropdown menu, click on the Request Addition link.
  • Fill out the Request Addition of a Preceptor form.
  • Select Save Data.
  • The School of Nursing Graduate Clinical Placement and Compliance, and the Office of Practice and Professional Graduate Programs will add the new preceptor.
• Can HIPAA protected information be entered into Typhon?
  • No. Please DO NOT ask students to enter HIPAA protected health information (PHI) into the Typhon system.
• Do preceptors need Typhon accounts?
  • No, preceptors do not need separate Typhon accounts. Preceptors receive an auto-generated email from the Typhon system that provides them with a custom URL that they can use to complete evaluations. 

Additional Resources
Numerous training resources are available once you log in to your Typhon account.