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Typhon NPST

Typhon Nurse Practitioner Student Tracking System (NPST)

The Typhon NPST functions as a complete electronic student tracking system, and will provide a comprehensive collection of each school patient encounter during clinical rotations.

The system is web-based, HIPAA compliant, and allows students to quickly and easily enter patient encounter information such as demographics, clinical information, diagnosis and procedure codes, medications, and brief clinical notes. As a student enrolled in the nurse practitioner program, you are required to purchase and install this product on a desktop/laptop computer for use in all clinical courses. FYI, the word “Typhon” is pronounced “TY-fun” like the word “hyphen.”

Important note: A complete listing of clinical hours and experiences may be required by the testing agency at the time of Board Certification application, application for state certification, and/or hospital credentialing.

Find more information and guidelines on writing clinical notes.

Typhon NPST instructions

  • To facilitate your comfort with navigating within Typhon, students are required to watch all tutorial sessions
  • After completion, the student should email their clinical coordinator
    You will receive an email to your UMass Dartmouth account with your specific login and password, along with the direct link to the login page
  • You will then purchase access to Typhon. When you initially log-in, you are automatically directed to a credit card payment page where you pay the fee
  • Students can access the website on their handheld devices with no additional charge
  • Students requiring  additional technical support can access the Student Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) or may complete an online support ticket
    • The "support tickets" page is available on your main menu when you login to your online account. Press "create new ticket" and fill out the form completely, outlining your issue and any troubleshooting you have already tried
  • The UMassD CNHS facilitator number is 7492

Student responsibility

  • It is your responsibility to maintain an up-to-date database
  • Expectations vary from course to course. It is the student's responsibility to read the course syllabus and speak with course faculty to confirm the required components of documentation in Typhon
  • There is a learning curve, as there is a lot of information to collect. Most students say that during the first few days, it may take 5-10 minutes to enter each encounter, but that drastically drops by the end of the first week
  • You should always try to enter each day's encounters on the actual day. If you get in the habit of doing today's cases today, you won't have to worry about a deadline and you'll get past the learning curve more quickly
  • Don't forget to print and use a blank case log worksheet to help remind you of the data for each patient
  • Always monitor your "missing information" screen, and clear it each day when the data is still fresh in your mind
  • If you have a clinical question related to content entry requirements, contact your course faculty
  • You are expected to keep the record of your patient encounters up-to-date. The documented clinical hours must match the completed clinical hours listed at the time of your midterm and final clinical evaluations each semester

Student access to the preceptor list in Typhon NPS

  • Students and faculty can view an electronic directory of UMassD NP preceptors when they log into Typhon
  • Typhon will also enable a map link of the preceptors' addresses so that you can obtain directions from your originating location

Requesting preceptors and clinical site additions to the preceptor list

  • If your preceptor is not already listed within Typhon, students should request additions to the preceptor list. Please note that it is the discretion of each Clinical Coordinator/Program Director and/or clinical/theory faculty member to approve the use of a clinical preceptor and clinical site
  • All requests must be approved by the UMassD Typhon administrator (or their designee) before the person becomes part of the official list
  • Students can access the request area on their “Setup Default Choices” page by clicking “Request Addition” next to the preceptor drop-down list
  • Students are required to enter the following information:
    • Specialty
    • Practice group/name
    • Preceptor LAST NAME, First Name (last name entered in all capital letters)
    • Credentials (DNP, MSN, RN, APN, or CRNA, MD, DO PhD)
    • E-mail
    • Phone number
    • Alternate phone number
    • Fax
    • Address
    • City
    • State
    • Zip/postal code
    • Hospital affiliation
  • Once a student request has been made, the system will automatically notify the UMassD Typhon administrator (or their designee) that a request is pending. Please allow at least 48-72 hours for this request to be reviewed
  • Students will automatically be notified when action is taken on the request
  • Incomplete or inaccurate data will result in the request being denied

Patient log guidelines

Please see the instructions tutorial in Typhon for specific information about each section. You will complete all of the sections then add a new case log as directed.

  • Student information: Include semester, course, preceptor, clinical site, and setting type
  • Setting type: Indicate if the setting is an adult, family practice, acute care, or women's health site and check the box if it is primarily rural or underserved population
  • Patient demographics: Include age, race, gender, insurance (including none, private, Medicaid, or Medicare) and if you are referring the patient, what type of specialist you are referring to
  • Clinical information: Include the amount of time you spent seeing the patient. Include the amount of time you consulted with your preceptor on the case. You should be logging consult time with your preceptor for every visit
  • Student participation: Indicate if you only observed, interacted in caring for the patient less than 50% of the visit, shared the visit 50-50 with your preceptor, or provided more than 50% of the care
  • Encounter number: Indicate if this is your first encounter with the patient or if you have more than one encounter with the patient (e.g. if you schedule the patient to return for follow-up with you and your preceptor on a given day, you will have had two encounters with the patient
  • ICD codes and CPT codes need to be completed

Examples of types of decision-making are as follows:

  • Straightforward medical decision: The lowest level of medical decision-making (MDM). It is possible not to qualify for it. This level of complexity is required for very routine encounters such as a patients with an insect bite or headlice
  • Low complexity medical decision-making: The acuity of care remains minimal. The degree of risk remains quite low and corresponds to a patient with one chronic illness which is completely stable, such as osteoarthritis or hypertension. If there is an acute problem, it should be in uncomplicated clinical issues such as allergic rhinitis, cystitis, or a sprained ankle
  • Moderate complexity decision-making: Patient with one chronic illness with a mild exacerbation of two stable chronic illnesses would satisfy the risk requirement for this level of medical decision-making
  • High complexity medical decision-making: Truly complex. The patient is quite ill or the provider must review a significant amount of primary data. The patient would need to have a severe exacerbation of a chronic problem or an acute illness which threatens life or bodily function to qualify for this level of risk. The data reviewed would have to be quite extensive to reach the threshold for high complexity MDM. This set of circumstances would be unusual for follow-up encounters, but may occur quite often during initial encounters.

See clinical orientation for CAGS/DNP programs.

See preceptor benefits policy frequently asked questions (FAQs)