Details
Posted: 15-Jun-22
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Salary: N/A
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
None
Primary Practice Setting:
Hospital
University medical center
The Division of Audiology at Penn Medicine is offering a 12-month 4th-year Doctor of Audiology externship position.
We are a fast-paced clinic within a medical setting, primarily serving an adult population. We offer a well-rounded externship experience with a full range of diagnostic and rehabilitative services including: amplification, implantable devices, and vestibular testing. The externship is offered at our main location at Perelman Center of Advanced Medicine. More information regarding our practice can be found at: https://www.pennmedicine.org/for-patients-and-visitors/find-a-program-or-service/ear-nose-and-throat/general-audiology
We seek motivated applicants with diverse range of clinical experience, who are team players.
Please note that while most of clinicians are ASHA certified, there are a few providers that do not hold their CCC-As. The extern should expect to work with all preceptors through the year. Obtaining ASHA certification after our externship year has not been a previous issue, however, required ASHA hours under certified providers is not guaranteed.
This is a non-paying clinical training position.
Placement is pending the establishment of a student affiliation agreement between Penn Medicine and the respective program. Upon a candidate's acceptance of the position, the program will be required to provide a list of the year's clinical goals and objectives. The student affiliation agreement must be executed prior to the externship start date.
Per hospital policy, the extern will be required to provide the following: background check & child abuse clearance, immunization records (including flu and Covid 19 vaccine)
Externship Information:
| Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital
University medical center
| Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
13 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
5 FTE Clerical Support Staff
| Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
0 3rd year
1 4th year Externships | | Financial arrangements: | None
| | Will interview travel be compensated? | No
| | Vacation Days: | TBD
| | Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Frequent hearing aid and implantable device manufacturer meetings are available for extern participation | | Start Date: | May-June of 2023
| | Expected hours/days a week: | 40
| | Travel to satellite centers required? | No
| | 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: | - basic audiologic diagnostic skills including audiometric testing, immittance, OAEs
- hearing aid fitting/check
- interpretation and management of hearing disorders
- appropriate counseling and documentation skills
While not required, previous clinical experience in the following areas are preferred:
- implantable devices
- vestibular diagnostics | | Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | - build on existing clinical skills and refine patient care in diagnosis and treatment
- gain exposure to medical audiology
- independently practice in an interdisciplinary medical clinic | Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Never | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Rarely | 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 | | Rarely | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Everyday | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Everyday | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Everyday | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Never | Tinnitus assessments | | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Rarely | Cerumen management | | | Research opportunities? | No
Extern may have limited opportunities to be involved in data collection of ongoing research projects, however, this is a clinical training position. | | Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No
| | How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? | As Needed
| | Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | - clear outline of expectations from clinical externship
- timely request for grading and pertinent assessment forms for extern | | Application Deadline: | September 9, 2022 | | Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
Other
Virtual and/or in-person interview | | Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Please send a cover letter, resume, transcript (unofficial transcripts are acceptable), 3 letters of recommendation (submitted directly by faculty members and/or preceptors; at least 2 of the letters must be from previous clinical supervisors). All application material should be emailed to:
yunjin.kim@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Early submission is recommended. Shortly after the application deadline, phone interviews will be conducted, followed by a round of virtual and/or in-person interviews. Incomplete applications after the deadline will not be considered. | Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Mary Kim, Au.D. (externship coordinator) - yunjin.kim@pennmedicine.upenn.edu | | Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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Placement is pending the establishment of a student affiliation agreement between Penn Medicine and the respective program. Upon a candidate's acceptance of the position, the program will be required to provide a list of the year's clinical goals and objectives. The student affiliation agreement must be executed prior to the externship start date.
Per hospital policy, the extern will be required to provide the following: background check & child abuse clearance, immunization records (including flu and Covid 19 vaccine)
