| Primary Practice Setting: | VA medical center
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 2 FTE Masters Degree
6 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
2 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
4 3rd year
1 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Stipend
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | accumulated
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
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| Start Date: | May 2021
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | No
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| Local students preferred: | Yes
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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: | Performing accurate diagnostic hearing evaluations, hearing aid fitting and programming, basic trouble shooting/repair of hearing aids, counseling experience. |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Experience in hearing evaluations, hearing aid fitting and programming, counseling, helping Veterans. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Never | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | 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 | | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No
Cerumen management depends on level of experience, training provided. |
| 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: | Point of Contact for questions, evaluation expectations, TQCVL for selected student. |
| Application Deadline: | 01/22/2021 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
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| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Submit application with cover letter, resume, letters of recommendation as stated, scheduled telephone interview. |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Kathy C. Pfouts, Au.D., Service Chief/Student Coordinator - Kathy.Pfouts@va.gov |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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