| Primary Practice Setting: | Private practice
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree
4 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
13 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
17 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 1 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
1 2nd year
1 3rd year
2 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Salary
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | varies
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
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| Start Date: | May 20, 2020
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | No
Less than 20 miles |
| 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: | Audiometric testing, Real Ear Verification, Vendor software training |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | The audiologist extern will engage in educating patients, developing patients for life, reviewing pricing options, and dispensing hearing aids as a part of the patient education process. Other areas of focus will include tinnitus management, verification, cerumen management, Lyric fittings, business development, business management, marketing and customer service. Some day travel may be required for staffing of outreach clinics. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Everyday | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Rarely | Tympanometry | | Never | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Everyday | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Never | Otoacoustic emissions | | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Never | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Everyday | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No
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| 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: | Other |
| Application Deadline: | February 15, 2019 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Phone interview
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| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Please email resume to DrParks@AmericanHearing.us |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Dr. Jaime Parks - DrParks@AmericanHearing.us |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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