Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice |
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:
| 1 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 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 We often have hearing aid manufacturer presentations in the office and occasionally outside of the office as well. |
Start Date: | May/June 2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 36-40 |
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 pure tone audiometry, speech reception thresholds, word recognition, immittance testing, etc. * Basic hearing aid fitting, cleaning and repair skills. |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | * Independent comprehensive audiometry testing * Evoked potentials testing on infants * Hearing aid fittings/consultations |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | Rarely | Vestibular assessments | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Never | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Everyday | 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: | Goals and expectations for the student. We will complete any requirements deemed necessary as part of the students' program. |
Application Deadline: | 9/10/2024 |
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 submit the following by e-mailing jhofker@entspecialties.com and ekruse@entspecialties.com |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Jameson Hofker, Au.D. - jhofker@entspecialties.com |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |