Nursing Student Clinical Placement

School of Nursing Placement CoordinatorsSchool of Nursing Placement Coordinators

 

 

 

 

Below is important information for you to know before contacting us.

  • We do not help find preceptor placements for students.

  • We do not clinically place visiting observer or shadow experience requests.

  • We do not process nursing students getting certifications. We process nursing degrees only.

Please contact the unit/area for further information. You and the unit/area must follow all policy guidelines.

EMAIL EXPECTATIONS 

All students are expected to check their @med.umich.edu Outlook email weekly. Important onboarding updates, including MiChart and Cornerstone Learning notifications, will be communicated there. 

PLEASE READ STEPS BELOW (Open Dropdown by Clicking on STEP)

CALENDAR TIMELINES AND DEADLINE PAGE (Click Link)

 

STEP 1        REQUEST CLINICAL PLACEMENTS

ALL STUDENTS AND UNDERGRADUATE INSTRUCTORS

All clinical placement requests must be submitted through the Alliance for Clinical Experience Matching and Placement Program (ACEMAPP). ACEMAPP is a secure, online clinical education platform. You will be completing a profile and a few forms and requirements which are necessary for submitting clinical requests. Learn more or get started at acemapp.org.

If you are a school coordinator who is not yet a member of ACEMAPP, you must contact ACEMAPP through the contact form at acemapp.org/contact, by email at support@acemapp.org, or by phone at 1-844-223-4292 to have an account created.

If you have more than one preceptor for a graduate student, please have your school submit a seprate request for the additional preceptor.

ACEMAPP provides multiple different resources for users. These include quick guides, user manuals, knowledge base articles with screenshots and step-by-step instructions, online webinar demonstrations, a video library, and the ACEMAPP Customer Support team.

  • Quick Guides and User Manuals (Please get in touch with ACEMAPP support for the guide which best fits your ACEMAPP use)
  • Knowledge base with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Click on the Help Desk to access these articles.
  • Training Page with various online webinar demonstrations.
  • Video Library, including videos to provide orientation training and guide users through various ACEMAPP processes.
  • Email and phone support from ACEMAPP staff.

ACEMAPP team can provide support by phone at 1-844-223-4292 or by email at support@acemapp.org. You may also submit a support ticket through the Contact Us page.

 We follow the undergrad ACEMAPP Southeast Michigan Schedule. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Undergrad Schedule or Undergrad Placements, please contact Jole' Mowry at jole@med.umich.edu.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  1. All students participating in a clinical placement must enroll in ACEMAPP and pay the $50.00 a year fee to be in the ACEMAPP program.
  2. Make sure all student and instructor compliance requirements in ACEMAPP are met.
  3. All students and instructors are responsible for completing these prior to being on the unit/area.

 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

All placement requests must be coordinated through the Clinical Placement Office with Anna Watterworth at annawatt@med.umich.edu and ACEMAPP to ensure a consistent process. Students and instructors are asked not to approach staff directly to inquire about cohort group placements. This will ensure fair outcomes in a highly competitive process and provide increased satisfaction for all. Please send Clinical Placement the information listed below. IMPORTANT NOTE: All Non-UMSN individual immersion requests, must be University of Michigan Health employees.

    • Student Name (single request)
    • Preceptor Name (single/Immersion request)
    • School Name
    • Start and End Date
    • Number of Clinical Hours
    • Specific Clinical Location
    • Program Type (BSN or RN to BSN)
    • Year in Program ( 2nd, 3rd, 4th)

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Graduate nursing student placements are determined by the individual practitioners and requests should be directed to the APRN or physician that the student is interested in working with. The Clinical Placement office does not assist in this aspect. Further, we are unable to accommodate any shadow or observational experience requests for graduate students. If the student is an employee at University of Michigan Health, students may indicate this in their ACEMAPP profile. This will exempt them from having to complete Institutional Requirements, Background Check, and Drug Screenings in ACEMAPP.

STEP 1: IDENTIFY AND OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM PRECEPTOR. REQUEST MUST BE TWO WEEKS BEFORE ACEMAPP SUBMISSION DEADLINE. (See Calendar Page)

STEP 2: NOTIFY YOUR SCHOOL OF YOUR PRECEPTOR ARRANGEMENT

  • Clinical hours are arranged directly with the preceptor.
  • This process will adhere to the ACEMAPP deadlines (See Calendar Page). ACEMAPP requests sent by your school beyond the final ACEMAPP deadline will be denied.

STEP 3: EMAIL Anna Watterworth at annawatt@med.umich.edu

Please send the information listed below and an email from the preceptor confirming the agreement, or send the agreement form from the nursing school that the preceptor signs. Any nurse practitioner preceptor requests need a second approval from the nurse practitioner managers and will be communicated by clinical placement to seek approval.

    • Student Name
    • Preceptor Name
    • Faculty (Instructor) Name
    • School Name
    • Start and End Date
    • Number of Clinical Hours
    • Specific Clinical Location
    • Program Type (MSN, CNS, NNP, AC-PNP, Nursing PhD, NP, FNP, DNP)
    • Year in Program ( 2nd, 3rd, 4th)
STEP 2        SECURE PORTAL SYSTEM PROCESS-ASSIGNED LIAISONS ONLYONLY

ART LIAISONS

  1. All student and undergrad instructor names must be “uploaded” into our Secure Portal System called the Account Request Tool (ART) to get access to our Health System. This access is processed by Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) through our Secure Portal System. If your school consistently participates in clinical placements with Michigan Medicine, you must have a registrar or designee identified who can upload student information into our Secure Portal System. Please contact April Stingo at astingo@med.umich.edu to begin the process of obtaining access to our Secure Portal System..
  2. If you are a Secure Portal System liaison, an email will be sent from April Stingo. The email will give you the Secure Portal System due dates for uploading your students and instructors prior to their clinical rotation on the unit.
  3. Student and undergrad instructor information must be submitted at least 3 to 2 weeks prior to the start of the term. This will ensure adequate time for our Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) to process computer logins and enable students to complete documentation training prior to the start of their clinical session.
  4. All undergrad and graduate students who are UM or University of Michigan Health employees will be able to provide you with their uniqname and UMID so that you will NOT be required to use their SSN
  5. A minimum of 5-7 business days is required for processing of logins and Health System access for students and instructors by Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) and other departments throughout the Health System (i.e., Key ID Office, Parking, MiChart Security). Please be aware that when students or instructors are uploaded late, there will be delays or errors in the access they receive.
  6. If a student or instructor withdraws from their practicum for any reason, they must be deleted from the Secure Portal System immediately in accordance with our University of Michigan Health Compliance Policy.

WEBSITE: Account Request Tool

TUTORIAL LINK: https://michmed.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0021461

HELP AND INFORMATION: If there are any issues with IDs or passwords, please contact the Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) Service Desk at 734-936-8000.

NOTE: Only contact Clinical Placement if HITS does not resolve your issue. If you contact Clinical Placement, you will need to provide a HITS ticket number for us to escalate.

STEP 3        RECEIVING LOGIN INFORMATION
Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) processes the access needed for all students and instructors.
  • An email from Identity_Management@med.umich.edu will be sent prior to their clinical start date.
  • The email will be sent to the address you provided to us or you have entered in the IRS.
  • This email is only valid for 30 days from the date it goes out.
  • In the email from Identity Management, the student or instructor will be given a link and step-by-step instructions to set their password(s).
  • If there are any issues with IDs or passwords, please have them contact the Health Information Technology & Services (HITS) Service Desk at 734-936-8000.

NOTE: Only contact Clinical Placement if HITS does not resolve your issue. If you contact Clinical Placement, you will need to provide a HITS ticket number for us to escalate.

 

RESOURCES

Internal link; accessible via
University of Michigan Health at Michigan Medicine Network or VPN only.

 

POLICIES

 

Contact UsNursing Student Clinical Placement Staff and Location

Professional Development and Education
University of Michigan Health at Michigan Medicine

300 N. Ingalls Suite NI6B12
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5436

 

Anna Watterworth, MS, BSN, RN, NPD-BC
Clinical Placement Clinical Lead
Contact Regarding Undergrad Scheduling,
Faculty Orientation,
and Grad Preceptor Approval
Phone: 734-998-2295
Email: annawatt@med.umich.edu

April Stingo, BS
Clinical Placement Process Lead
Contact Regarding The Process
Phone: 734-615-6910
Email: astingo@med.umich.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Target Audience: Students Involved in Clinical Placement | Author/Contact: April Stingo | Reviewed: 6/26/2025
Web Publisher: April Stingo astingo@med.umich.edu