| Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
1 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 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
1 3rd year
1 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Salary
Benefits
Other – Please Describe
Health insurance, PTO, eligible after first 90 days, eligible for retirement program |
| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 10
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Texas Academy of Audiology conference in the fall |
| Start Date: | June 3, 2024
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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: | 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: | • Taking a case history
• Behavioral audiometry with adults and older children
• Acoustic admittance testing, including tympanometry and acoustic reflexes
• Basic hearing aid skills
• Basic report writing |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | • Behavioral audiometry with young children, older children, adults, and adults with cognitive impairment.
• Hearing aids: includes selection, fitting, rehabilitative and device follow-u
• Cochlear implants: includes exposure to evaluations, programming, rehabilitative and device follow-up
• Osseointegrated implants: includes exposure to evaluations, programming, rehabilitative and device follow-up
• Vestibular: includes exposure to evaluations with interpretation and report writing.
• Patient counseling re: diagnostic test results, recommendations, rehabilitation, and referrals for additional services
• Collaborative approach to audiological care including with physicians, speech-pathology, community audiologists, physical therapy, and educational team.
• Clear and concise report writing |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Never | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | | Never | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Evoked potential assessments | | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Everyday | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | | Rarely | 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: | • Clear guidance on required documentation of hours, how to submit information for the student to the university
• Contact information for student's university extern coordinator
• The student must maintain general liability and professional liability insurance in the amounts of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and $3,000,000 in annual aggregate. |
| Application Deadline: | 9/22/23 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Letter of request/intent
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| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Send the complete package of application materials to careers@fuelmedical.com
There should be 3 letters of recommendation. Per her request, please do NOT send materials to Dr. Williams. |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Sarah Williams, Au.D., CCC-A ; Rick Lucas, Practice Administrator - sarah.williams@river-ent.com |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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