Primary Practice Setting: | University medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 2 FTE Masters Degree 10 FTE Au.D. 1 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 5 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 3 3rd year 3 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | None |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 10 days |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes |
Start Date: | May 19, 2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/week |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes We provide audiological services for The Children's Medical Center, which is approximately three miles from our main office. |
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 audiometric testing; Masking (air, bone, and speech); Immittance measures and acoustic reflex testing; Conducting case history interview; Generating professionally written reports |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Mastery of basic audiometric testing; Proficiency in all aspects of hearing aids (adult and pediatric); Proficiency in evoked potentials; Proficiency in cochlear implants; Proficiency in vestibular assessment; Competence in intraoperative monitoring; Competence in tinnitus management |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | 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 | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | Rarely | 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 | Never | 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? | As Needed
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Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Use of university evaluation forms is required for periodic assessment of student performance. |
Application Deadline: | September 18, 2024 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Please follow the link to submit application materials. https://med.virginia.edu/otolaryngology/education/audiology-externship-program/
Three letters of recommendation are required. Letters of recommendation may be uploaded, or submitted separately by email to:
AudiologyExternship@uvahealth.org
or by traditional mail to:
University of Virginia - Audiology Attn: Bailey Aksland, Au.D. 415 Ray C. Hunt Drive, Ste. 1200 Charlottesville, VA 22903
The University of Virginia is following the Audiology Clinical Externship Network (ACEN) timeline. Please refer to audclinicaled.net for additional information about this timeline. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Bailey Aksland, AuD, CCC-A - AudiologyExternship@uvahealth.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |