| Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 2 FTE Masters Degree
38 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
4 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
3 3rd year
1 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Other – Please Describe
Individual applicants will be made aware of any financial arrangements. |
| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | To be discussed
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Several in-house events throughout the year |
| Start Date: | On or about July 1
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/5 days
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
Travel may be required to one or two of our satellite locations up to 50 miles away: King of Prussia, PA; Chalfont, PA; Exton, PA; Chadds Ford, PA; Voorhees, NJ; Princeton, NJ; Mays Landing, NJ |
| Local students preferred: | No
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| Does the externship site provide orientation to relevant clinical policies and procedures? | Yes |
| Does the externship site provide instructions about patient's rights and providing patient education? | Yes |
| Does the externship site provide orientation to quality assessment, quality assurance and quality improvement? | Yes
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| Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship: | -Various audiological assessment and treatment procedures pertaining to the pediatric population.
-Fundamental research skills including a general understanding of research methodology, design, and statistics. |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | -Clinical experiences are customized to meet the needs and interests of each extern.
-Experiences may include behavioral assessment, physiologic assessment, amplification selection/verification/validation, cochlear implant services, vestibular evaluations, inpatient consultations, family support groups, and more.
-Our externship also includes a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) fellowship. Please visit http://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/leadership-education-neurodevelopmental-disabilities-fellowship-program for additional information. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Rarely | Adult hearing evaluations | | Regularly | Tympanometry | | Rarely | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | | Rarely | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Rarely | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Rarely | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Never | Tinnitus assessments | | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | Yes
Please see information regarding the LEND fellowship program. Other opportunities may arise. |
| Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No
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| How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? | As Needed
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| Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Email and telephone communication as needed. |
| Application Deadline: | September 15 |
| Application Requirements: | Resume
Transcript
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
Other
1) One-Page Essay (Topic: Why are you seeking a pediatric-focused externship and what are your goals for this externship?)
2) Following phone interviews, we send a skills survey to top candidates to have three references (one clinical supervisor, one professor and one of the candidate's choice) complete and return (in lieu of letters of recommendation).
*Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and early submission is strongly encouraged* |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Each interested student should submit the following: 1) Letter of interest; 2) Resume or CV; 3) Graduate and undergraduate transcripts (need not be official); 4) One-page essay (Topic: Why are you seeking a pediatric-focused externship and what are your goals for this externship?)
These materials may be sent electronically to the email below (preferred) or via U.S. mail to:
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Audiology
ATTN: Danielle Leisner, Au.D., CCC-A
3500 Civic Center Blvd.,
Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Selection Process: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and early submission is strongly encouraged. Telephone interviews will be scheduled with strong candidates from August through late September. Following phone interviews, we send a skills survey to top candidates to have three references (one clinical supervisor, one professor and one of the candidate's choice) complete and return (in lieu of letters of recommendation).
We invite the top 3-5 candidates to CHOP for face-to-face interviews in early October. Offers are extended by mid-October. Competition for our externship position is substantial. We are fortunate to receive inquiries from students in top programs throughout the country. |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Danielle Leisner - leisnerd@email.chop.edu |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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