| Primary Practice Setting: | VA medical center
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
8 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
1 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
1 3rd year
1 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Salary
Benefits
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 4 hrs/pay period
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Manufacturer trainings twice a year, AAA, JDVAC, Michigan Audiology Coalition Conference (M.A.C.) |
| Start Date: | July 1, 2021
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hrs/week
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | No
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| 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: | Basic knowledge of audiological assessment, basic knowledge of hearing aid orientation and selection, basic knowledge of vestibular assessment, basic knowledge of evoked potential assessment, clinical and personal professionalism |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Further knowledge and growth in aspects of audiological assessment and interpretation, hearing aid orientations, selections and checks, vestibular assessment and interpretation, evoked potential assessment and interpretation, report writing, extensive counseling skills, time management skills, further aspects of professionalism as needed |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Never | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Never | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Never | Hearing Screenings | | Rarely | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Regularly | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Never | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Never | 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: | Semester evaluations |
| Application Deadline: | February 1, 2021 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Other
Cover letter |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Email complete application--cover letter, resume and two letters of recommendation |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Dr. Stephanie McLear - stephanie.mclear@va.gov |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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