UofM's on-campus intensives for NP students
UofM's online nurse practitioner tracks include up to three short on-campus intensives. Each visit runs one to three days, and UofM posts the dates at least six months out. Every NP track has to attend the January 2027 session. UofM has not published where the intensives are held, so confirm the location with your track and build your preceptor schedule so a campus trip never lands on a clinical day.
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What UofM says about coming to campus
UofM's MSN programs page sets out the requirement in one paragraph: "Required on-campus experiences are scheduled as a part of the nurse practitioner (NP) clinical courses to provide structured learning experiences (e.g., advanced skills & simulation). NP students will be required to be on-campus up to three times during the program. On-campus experiences may last 1-3 days and are identified at least 6 months in advance."
Three details in that passage shape your planning. The visits belong to the NP clinical courses rather than standing apart from them, so they carry the weight of a course requirement. The count is a ceiling, up to three across the whole program, not three a year. And the six-month notice gives you a fixed window to arrange time off, travel and your clinical calendar.
UofM Global's PMHNP page says the same in fewer words: students attend up to three on-campus intensives during the program. Everything else in the MSN happens online: the Bulletin lists every MSN course as online, with practicums completed in your local area.
Who has to attend
The intensives belong to UofM's three nurse practitioner concentrations, FNP, AG-ACNP and PMHNP. UofM's graduate certificates page lists intensives for the NP certificates as well, so post-master's FNP, AG-ACNP and PMHNP students should plan for them too. The NP graduate certificates guide covers those programs.
Attendance rules differ by session. UofM's published schedule marks some sessions as required for AG-ACNP students and optional for the other tracks, while the January 2027 session is required for all NP tracks. Acute care students can therefore expect more trips than FNP or PMHNP students; the AG-ACNP program guide has the rest of that track's requirements. When a session is optional for your track, attending may still be worthwhile, but the required label is what your course holds you to.
Nursing Education and Nursing Leadership students have no published intensive schedule. Their clinical work runs through the immersion courses, and any campus requirement for those tracks is a question for the Nursing Education and Nursing Leadership track coordinator.
The January 2027 session and your first practicum
The January 2027 session carries extra weight because of where it falls. It is required for every NP track, and it comes early in the Spring 2027 term, which opens January 19. Spring is also the term that holds each NP track's first precepted practicum in UofM's plans of study: NURS 7643 for FNP, NURS 7622 for AG-ACNP and NURS 7612 for PMHNP.
For a student starting that first practicum in Spring 2027, three obligations stack up in the same few weeks. The partnerships office has to approve your preceptor agreement form ahead of the first clinical day, clinical faculty expect your schedule by Monday of week two, and the required campus session falls in that same window. A preceptor confirmed during Fall 2026 turns that stretch from a scramble into a checklist.
For the term-by-term timing in each program, see when your first clinical course falls.
Where the intensives happen
UofM has not published which campus hosts the intensives. The Loewenberg College of Nursing teaches on two Tennessee campuses: the Community Health Building on the South Campus in Memphis and Sprague Hall on the Lambuth campus in Jackson. Look for the location in your NP clinical course materials in Canvas, or ask your track coordinator, before you book travel.
Whichever campus hosts your session, LCON's simulation program is set up for the kind of work UofM names as an example, advanced skills and simulation. The Community Health Building opened in 2015 with skills labs, health assessment labs, six simulation suites, a simulated home and six debriefing rooms. Sprague Hall, opened in 2022, has seven simulation rooms, skills labs, a simulated home and a VR lab. LCON's simulation work uses high-fidelity manikins, virtual reality and standardized patients, and sessions are recorded and streamed to debriefing rooms for review.
Older UofM pages that describe campus visits differently
Two UofM pages still carry earlier versions of the campus requirement, so read them with care. The nursing FAQ page says MSN students come to campus for orientation, lab, the pre-competency exam and the competency exam. That reflects an older model; the current MSN programs page describes up to three NP intensives instead.
The graduate certificates page also shows an older intensive schedule, with dates from an earlier year and some tracks still listed as to be announced. Treat the MSN programs page as the current schedule. When two UofM pages disagree about a session that affects you, ask your track coordinator which version governs your cohort and save the reply in your umMail.
Planning clinical days around a campus trip
An intensive takes you away from your preceptor for up to three days, plus travel. UofM's clinical rules make that easy to manage when you plan it early:
- Build the session into the clinical schedule you give clinical faculty, so no clinical day is booked against a campus day.
- If your schedule has to change later, UofM wants the change in writing one week in advance.
- Mention the intensive to your preceptor during your first scheduling conversation, while their own calendar is still flexible.
- Keep the seven-week minimum in mind: a trip does not shrink it, so spread your hours so a travel week does not leave you cramming at the end of the term.
- Request work leave as soon as the dates post, using the six months of notice UofM provides.
Students living outside Tennessee should allow extra travel time on both ends, since both of LCON's campuses are in Tennessee, in Memphis and Jackson.
Where we fit: a placement that works around campus weeks
Whether or not UofM assists with your placement, our team lines up a preceptor and site that fit its rules, then plans the calendar with you. We search near where you live, match the rotation rules for your track, and gather the preceptor's credentials and practice information for the agreement form well before the Spring term, so the January 2027 session is a trip rather than a deadline crunch.
We raise the intensive with your preceptor at the very first conversation, so your clinical days are set around the campus visit from the start, and we remain reachable through the term if plans change. UofM's faculty hold every approval, and what we prepare for them arrives complete and aligned with the rules. Start with the contact form.
Questions UofM students ask
Is the January 2027 intensive required for FNP and PMHNP students?
Yes. UofM's current schedule lists the January 2027 session as required for all nurse practitioner tracks, FNP and PMHNP included. Earlier sessions on the same schedule were required only for AG-ACNP students and optional for everyone else, so the January visit may be the first mandatory trip for many FNP and PMHNP students.
Are UofM's NP intensives in Memphis or in Jackson?
UofM has not said which campus hosts them. The nursing college teaches on its Memphis campus and at the Lambuth campus in Jackson. Check your NP clinical course in Canvas or ask your track coordinator well before booking a flight, a hotel or time away from work.
What if a required intensive clashes with my job or my clinical schedule?
UofM announces each on-campus experience at least six months ahead, which gives you time to plan around it. Treat a required session as fixed, raise any conflict with your track coordinator as soon as the dates post, and set your clinical schedule so no approved clinical day falls on a campus day.
Do graduate certificate students attend the intensives?
The NP certificates list intensives too, so post-master's FNP, AG-ACNP and PMHNP certificate students should expect up to three campus visits, the same as MSN students in those tracks. Because the certificates page lags behind with an outdated schedule, rely on the MSN programs page for current sessions and check with your track coordinator.
What happens during a UofM NP intensive?
UofM describes the on-campus experiences as structured learning tied to the NP clinical courses, and gives advanced skills and simulation as its example. The public pages stop there, so look for the specifics in your clinical course materials in Canvas once the session nears.
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Last checked 2026-09-27
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