| Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
4 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
0 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: | Yes
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
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| Start Date: | 06/01/2021
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
Four offices, will be splitting time between the two primarily. Offices 25 mins apart. |
| 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: | Hearing testing (including masking)
Basic hearing device programming
Basic Vestibular concepts |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Advanced device programming
Proficiency in vestibular and electrophysiologic testing
Hearing device consultation proficiency |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | | Rarely | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Rarely | 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: | Will collaborate with university as needed. |
| Application Deadline: | 3/15/2021 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Phone interview
Two letters of recommendation, at least one preferably from a clinical supervisor who has witnessed direct patient care. |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Submit required documents, along with any questions to the listed email address. |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Cole Stasek - drstasek@calhns.com |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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