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UMass Memorial Medical Center-4th Year Audiology Extern
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Application
Details
Posted: 25-Jun-24
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Allied Health
Au.D. Externship
Financial Arrangements:
Stipend
Primary Practice Setting:
University medical center
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
UMass Memorial Medical Center Audiology Department offers a comprehensive externship including diagnostic and rehabilitative options spanning all ages from infants through geriatrics. We provide externs with the experience necessary to become independent clinicians in all aspects of audiology.
This is a 12-month full time externship position consisting of 4-10 hour days. The extern will rotate through two different locations obtaining a well-rounded externship experience in a busy diverse medical center. Externs will routinely collaborate with the Otolaryngology department to deliver holistic patient centered care.
Experience will entail:
-ENT clinics (Neuro-Otology and Pediatric Clinics)
-Adult/Pediatric full diagnostic evaluations
-Hearing aid fitting and programming
-Implantable device (Osseo-integrated, Cochlear Implants) consultation, activation, and optimization.
-Other experiences may include participation in OR surgical cases, a multi-disciplinary Craniofacial Clinic, and Grand Rounds.
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree is required. Applicant must be currently enrolled in an accredited clinical Audiology doctorate (Au.D.) program. Academic requirements for degree completion must be met prior to starting the 4th year externship.
- Cover letter
- Up to date CV/Resume
- Up to date transcript
- 3 letters of recommendation (1 from a professor, 2 from current/previous clinical supervisors)
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
University medical center
Number of Audiologists at the site:
1 FTE Masters Degree 15 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 3 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
2 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 2 2nd year 2 3rd year 1 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Stipend
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
10
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes The externs will be trained by all cochlear implant and hearing aid manufacturers and will have the opportunity to participate in update meetings as seen fit.
Start Date:
06/01/2025
Expected hours/days a week:
10 hour day/4 days
Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes 3 miles
Local students preferred:
Yes
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:
Proficient in otoscopy, tympanometry, otoacoustic emissions, pure tone testing and masking. Able to take a thorough case history, evaluate results of all tests to determine validity of findings and/or need for additional testing, ability to properly counsel on test results and recommendations, open to constructive feedback by all supervisors.
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
The extern will work with Audiologists in all disciplines (Vestibular, Electroacoustics, Implantable Technologies, Hearing Aids, Pediatric and Adult diagnostics). We strive for a certain level of independence in all areas by the end of their externship with us.
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler
Regularly
Pediatric evaluations: school-age
Regularly
Adult hearing evaluations
Everyday
Tympanometry
Everyday
Acoustic Reflexes
Never
Auditory processing evaluations
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Evoked potential assessments
Never
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Everyday
Otoacoustic emissions
Rarely
Industrial/hearing conservation
Regularly
Vestibular assessments
Never
Vestibular rehabilitation
Regularly
Hearing aids dispensed
Regularly
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Never
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Regularly
Cochlear implant evaluations
Never
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Never
Tinnitus assessments
Never
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Never
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
No No
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:
Start and end dates as well as due dates of all evaluations. If using an electronic grading system, instructions on registering and utilizing that system are appreciated.
Application Deadline:
09/10/2024
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Letter of request/intent Please ensure that at least two letters of recommendation are from off campus clinical supervisors.
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
Please submit all materials through the jobvite listing under HearCareers. Letters of recommendation may come separately if required by your institution, please request your name be in the subject line of the e-mail. Please ensure you've submitted your application prior to recommendation letters being sent. If materials will not upload, please send materials directly to the e-mail address listed below.
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
Bachelor's Degree is required. Applicant must be currently enrolled in an accredited clinical Audiology doctorate (Au.D.) program. Academic requirements for degree completion must be met prior to starting the 4th year externship.
- Cover letter
- Up to date CV/Resume
- Up to date transcript
- 3 letters of recommendation (1 from a professor, 2 from current/previous clinical supervisors)
Large Audiology clinic in hospital setting servicing pediatric through adult patients. Diagnostic testing, hearing aids and implantable hearing devices.
