Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice Hospital Multi-specialty medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 2 FTE Masters Degree 15 FTE Au.D. 4 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 2 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 0 3rd year 3 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 10 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes There are in-hospital research colloquia and journal groups available weekly, plus on-going training for CI and hearing aids. |
Start Date: | 06/01/2022 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes 13 miles to second hospital site every other week for craniofacial specialty clinic. 5-10 miles to other satellite clinics in the area. |
Local students preferred: | No |
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 |
Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship: | Completion of 3rd year of AuD program |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | The externship is a tool for students to: learn new strategies for diagnostic testing and intervention; hone the skills developed throughout the first years of graduate training; and improve clinical decision-making skills. Students should demonstrate an eagerness to learn; proven follow-through with required tasks; and a positive attitude in the work environment. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Regularly | Adult hearing evaluations | Regularly | Tympanometry | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Regularly | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | No Yes. Please see description of clinical+research externship experience. Participation in a variety of research journal groups is encouraged during the externship |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No |
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: | As needed |
Application Deadline: | September 15, 2021 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Letter of request/intent Other Application materials must include: 1) Completed BTNRH Externship Application. 2) Letter of interest from the student(not to exceed one page single spaced); 2) Resume/CV; 3) Three letters of recommendation are required. Two of the letters must be from clinical faculty who have supervised the student. Further application information and requirements are on the BTNRH website. https://www.boystownhospital.org/research/careers-training/clinical-aud-externship This is offered for 2022-2023 year |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | University Clinical Coordinators must make the initial contact with the BTNRH administrative assistant to notify BTNRH of a possible candidate. Contact with the BTNRH Clinical Coordinator can be requested for special concerns as needed. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Nancy Johnson, Extern Administrator - AUDexternship@boystown.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |