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Cleveland Clinic Section of Audiology offers a 52-week externship experience that begins mid-May, commencing with a half-week orientation and onboarding process. Pending funding, a small stipend is awarded and disbursed to the extern by their academic institution. Externs will complete five rotations and gain experience with various clinical services at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus and several of the Family Health Center (satellite clinics) locations. This multi-site externship program offers not only a wealth of clinical experiences: it also provides exposure to diverse patient populations, opportunities to participate in interdisciplinary clinics, and collaboration with multiple preceptors over the course of the year. Clinical practicum experiences will include:
Adult and pediatric audiologic behavioral assessment
Adult and pediatric audiologic management, including hearing aid services and assistive listening/FM technologies;
Adult and pediatric hearing implant services, including cochlear implants and osseointegrated implants
Electrophysiology across the lifespan in clinic and the OR, including newborn diagnostics (ABR, ASSR, DPOAEs), electrocochleography, VEMPs, NRT/I, and potentially exposure to intraoperative monitoring;
Vestibular assessment (videonystagmography, rotational chair, head impulse testing, functional measures) and vestibular therapy;
Auditory based therapy
Tinnitus management
Ototoxicity monitoring
Clinical and surgical observations with neurotology
Participation in multidisciplinary clinics and shared medical appointments
Externs may prepare and present several presentations throughout the year in the form of Journal Clubs, Lectures, Grand Rounds, and/or Evidence-Based Projects. The specific projects vary from year to year.
Constructive feedback will be provided to the extern frequently throughout each rotation, as determined by the preceptor and extern. An informal evaluation occurs mid-rotation with a written formative evaluation conducted at the end of each clinical rotation.
Externs are provided with personal time off in addition to six national holidays.
Application Process:
We are participating in the Audiology Clinical Education Network and adhering to proposed timeline:
Application Process
The academic institution must make the initial contact. All correspondence will be between Dr. Tamara Francini (francit2@ccf.org) and the clinical placement coordinator at the academic institution.
Once the academic program has agreed to our requirements, students should submit a cover letter describing ideal externship experience, resume, and letters of recommendations (3) by September 18, 2024.
The application will be reviewed, and the student will be notified of interview invitation. We are holding interviews on Saturday October 5, 2024. The interview will be offered in person at the main campus of the Cleveland Clinic or virtually.
Acceptance of applications to the externship program is conditional upon the agreement of the academic institution to the externship program requirements outlined in this document. Please address any questions or concerns to externship program senior audiologist, Tamara Francini, AuD (francit2@ccf.org).
The academic institution must agree to the following terms:
Pending funding, Cleveland Clinic provides a small stipend to audiology externs. The stipend must be paid to the academic institution and cannot be paid directly to the extern by Cleveland Clinic. The academic institution will be responsible for disbursing the stipend to the extern.
There will be a fee for establishing the Clinical Affiliation Agreement between the academic institution and Cleveland Clinic; payment of this fee will be the academic institution's responsibility. The fee is currently $500.00 and is subject to change without notice.
A fee of $50.00 will be incurred for each extern to cover the cost of onboarding. Payment of this $50.00 fee must be made by the academic institution by the end of the first semester of the externship (December 2024). Externs will not be invoiced by the Clinic for this fee as the fee is the responsibility of the academic institution. This is non-negotiable.
The extern must maintain general liability and professional liability insurance in the amounts of not less than ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) per occurrence and THREE MILLION DOLLARS ($3,000,000) in the annual aggregate.
Externship Information:
Primary Practice Setting:
Hospital Multi-specialty medical center
Number of Audiologists at the site:
2 FTE Masters Degree 30 FTE Au.D. 3 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 2 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 5 2nd year 5 3rd year 11 4th year Externships
Financial arrangements:
Stipend
Will interview travel be compensated?
No
Vacation Days:
11
Continuing education opportunities?
Yes
Start Date:
5/12/2025
Expected hours/days a week:
40+
Travel to satellite centers required?
Yes ~15 miles
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:
Demonstrate knowledge and skills in diagnostic audiology (behavioral hearing testing). Demonstrate knowledge and skills with hearing aid evaluation, orientation and troubleshooting.
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
The externship experience is considered pre-professional year to provide students with the requisite skills for ongoing learning after the completion of formal education and clinical training. Pre-professionals will demonstrate independence in diagnostic and rehabilitative skills expected of a new practitioner.
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
Regularly
Tympanometry
Regularly
Acoustic Reflexes
Never
Auditory processing evaluations
Rarely
Hearing Screenings
Regularly
Evoked potential assessments
Rarely
Intra-operative monitoring cases
Regularly
Otoacoustic emissions
Never
Industrial/hearing conservation
Regularly
Vestibular assessments
Regularly
Vestibular rehabilitation
Regularly
Hearing aids dispensed
Regularly
Hearing aid selection/fitting
Regularly
Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized)
Regularly
Cochlear implant evaluations
Regularly
Cochlear implant rehabilitation
Rarely
Tinnitus assessments
Rarely
Tinnitus rehabilitation
Rarely
Cerumen management
Research opportunities?
Yes Yes, based on extern interest
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites?
Yes Northeast Ohio Au.D. Consortium
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:
Feedback on evaluations and due dates
Application Deadline:
9/18/2024
Application Requirements:
Letters of Recommendation Resume Letter of request/intent Brief cover letter describing ideal externship experience
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process:
We are participating in the Audiology Clinical Education Network and adhering to proposed timeline:
Application Process
The academic institution must make the initial contact. All correspondence will be between Dr. Tamara Francini (francit2@ccf.org) and the clinical placement coordinator at the academic institution.
Once the academic program has agreed to our requirements, students should submit a cover letter describing ideal externship experience, resume, and letters of recommendations (3) by September 18, 2024.
The application will be reviewed, and the student will be notified of interview invitation. We are holding interviews on Saturday October 5, 2024. The interview will be offered in person at the main campus of the Cleveland Clinic or virtually.
Acceptance of applications to the externship program is conditional upon the agreement of the academic institution to the externship program requirements outlined in this document. Please address any questions or concerns to externship program senior audiologist, Tamara Francini, AuD (francit2@ccf.org).
The academic institution must agree to the following terms:
Pending funding, Cleveland Clinic provides a small stipend to audiology externs. The stipend must be paid to the academic institution and cannot be paid directly to the extern by Cleveland Clinic. The academic institution will be responsible for disbursing the stipend to the extern.
There will be a fee for establishing the Clinical Affiliation Agreement between the academic institution and Cleveland Clinic; payment of this fee will be the academic institution's responsibility. The fee is currently $500.00 and is subject to change without notice.
A fee of $50.00 will be incurred for each extern to cover the cost of onboarding. Payment of this $50.00 fee must be made by the academic institution by the end of the first semester of the externship (December 2024). Externs will not be invoiced by the Clinic for this fee as the fee is the responsibility of the academic institution. This is non-negotiable.
The extern must maintain general liability and professional liability insurance in the amounts of not less than ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) per occurrence and THREE MILLION DOLLARS ($3,000,000) in the annual aggregate.
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator)
We are participating in the Audiology Clinical Education Network and adhering to proposed timeline:
Application Process
The academic institution must make the initial contact. All correspondence will be between Dr. Tamara Francini (francit2@ccf.org) and the clinical placement coordinator at the academic institution.
Once the academic program has agreed to our requirements, students should submit a cover letter describing ideal externship experience, resume, and letters of recommendations (3) by September 18, 2024.
The application will be reviewed, and the student will be notified of interview invitation. We are holding interviews on Saturday October 5, 2024. The interview will be offered in person at the main campus of the Cleveland Clinic or virtually.
Acceptance of applications to the externship program is conditional upon the agreement of the academic institution to the externship program requirements outlined in this document. Please address any questions or concerns to externship program senior audiologist, Tamara Francini, AuD (francit2@ccf.org).
The academic institution must agree to the following terms:
Pending funding, Cleveland Clinic provides a small stipend to audiology externs. The stipend must be paid to the academic institution and cannot be paid directly to the extern by Cleveland Clinic. The academic institution will be responsible for disbursing the stipend to the extern.
There will be a fee for establishing the Clinical Affiliation Agreement between the academic institution and Cleveland Clinic; payment of this fee will be the academic institution's responsibility. The fee is currently $500.00 and is subject to change without notice.
A fee of $50.00 will be incurred for each extern to cover the cost of onboarding. Payment of this $50.00 fee must be made by the academic institution by the end of the first semester of the externship (December 2024). Externs will not be invoiced by the Clinic for this fee as the fee is the responsibility of the academic institution. This is non-negotiable.
The extern must maintain general liability and professional liability insurance in the amounts of not less than ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) per occurrence and THREE MILLION DOLLARS ($3,000,000) in the annual aggregate.
Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit, multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation, Cleveland Clinic has become one of the largest and most respected hospitals in the country. Cleveland Clinic facilities can be found throughout Northeast Ohio, as well as around the country and world including: Cleveland Clinic Florida, Cleveland Clinic Canada, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Cleveland Clinic London, and Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health- Las Vegas. Cleveland Clinic health system include eight regional hospitals, 16 family health centers, a children's hospital for rehabilitation and one affiliate hospital. Cleveland Clinic is accredited by The Joint Commission, the nation's larger accreditor of healthcare organizations.
