Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 2 FTE Masters Degree 7 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 3 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 3 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 1 2nd year 1 3rd year 2 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 10 + 7.5 holiday |
Continuing education opportunities? | No |
Start Date: | June 2024 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes 1-2 clinics will expected of each extern, less than 17 miles apart |
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 audiometry and immittance on peds and adults Basic hearing aid care Basic BPPV evaluation and treatment |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Special testing independence including ABR, VNG, Rotary Chair, independent hearing aid follow-up care |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Rarely | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Rarely | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | Rarely | Hearing aids dispensed | Rarely | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Never | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Never | Tinnitus assessments | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Never | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | No Research department conducts ongoing studies in Meniere's Disease, tinnitus, sudden SNHL, PE tubes, etc. Audiology services are performed on enrolled patients, but must be conducted by certified staff |
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: | September 29, 2023 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Letter of request/intent Email communication and phone interviews will be conducted first, followed by Skype or in person interviews (locals) for final consideration Letters of recommendation will be requested for final candidates but may be sent along with other requirements |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | email directly |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Michelle Byerly, AuD - mbyerly@advancedentandallergy.com |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |