Primary Practice Setting: | VA medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 15 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 7 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 2 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: | Stipend Benefits |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | Yes |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes |
Start Date: | 6/3/2024 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/week |
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: | -Otoscopy -Case history -Counseling -Earmold Impressions -Proper use of PPE -Infection control -Basic pure tone audiogram -Speech recognition testing -Word recognition testing -Basic audiogram interpretation |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | -Outpatient hearing aid evaluation and fitting -Cochlear implant evaluation and mapping -Osseointegrated device evaluation and fitting -OAE, Tympanometry with reflexes -ASSR/ABR, ECochG, oVEMP, and cVEMP -Calorics, positionals, Rotational chair, CDP, and vHIT -Vestibular rehabilitation -Tinnitus Assessment -Tinnitus Management -TeleAudiology -Cerumen management (Curette, Lavage, and Suction) -Hearing aid adjustment, troubleshooting, and repair -Interoperative Monitoring -Aural Rehabilitation -Inpatient Case Management |
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 | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Regularly | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Rarely | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Everyday | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | No |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No |
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? | Monthly
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Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Academic affiliation agreement, ability to communicate concerns to program coordinator in a timely manner, university has a plan in place for students struggling to meet expectations |
Application Deadline: | 9/22/23 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Personal Review Phone interview Letter of request/intent DO NOT SUBMIT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION UNTIL REQUESTED |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | All qualifying submissions will be reviewed and selected students will be contacted for interviews.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: Applications must be received via email by midnight on September 22, 2023. The application packet should include a statement of intent, resume, and graduate school transcripts. In your resume, please include contact information only for three references who are familiar with your academic and/or clinical skills. Transcripts may be unofficial. These items should be submitted as a single PDF document. Late submissions, submissions including information not requested (including letters of recommendation), applications not submitted as one single document, submissions that are not in PDF form, or incomplete applications WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Amber Kasten - amber.kasten@va.gov |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |