Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital University medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 3 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 |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 1 2nd year 2 3rd year 1 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | None |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | TBD |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Students will participate in hearing aid and cochlear implant trainings. |
Start Date: | May/June of 2024 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/wk, 5 days |
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: | • Comprehensive audiologic assessment, including pure-tone air, bone, and speech audiometry • Tympanometry, immittance, and DPOAEs • Basic hearing aid skills such as device selection, programming, and troubleshooting • Appropriate counseling and documentation |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | During the externship, the student will: • Improve efficiency in diagnostic testing and counseling skills • Strengthen clinical decision making-skills • Demonstrate proficiency in hearing aid technology • Demonstrate proficiency in vestibular evaluations (VNGs) • Demonstrate proficiency in cochlear implant evaluations and programming • Demonstrate proficiency in evoked potential assessments (ABRs & cVEMPs) • Familiarity with auditory processing evaluations |
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 | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | Never | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Never | Tinnitus assessments | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Never | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes There are several research opportunities present and the student will work on a project during their time here. |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No |
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: | As needed. |
Application Deadline: | 09/22/2023 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Interested applicants should send the following materials to Dr. Erin Heiney (heiney@uchc.edu) by 09/22/2023: • Letter of intent • Current resume/CV • 3 letters of recommendation (submitted directly by the faculty member/clinical supervisor; at least 2 of the letters must be from previous clinical supervisors) • Transcript (unofficial is acceptable)
We have agreed to follow the application timeline proposed by the Audiology Clinical Education Network. • Application deadline: Friday, September 22, 2023 • Interviews begin Monday, September 25, 2023 • Interviews complete by Friday, October 20, 2023 |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Erin Heiney, Au.D., CCC-A - heiney@uchc.edu |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |