Primary Practice Setting: | Community speech and hearing center Community medical center ENT group practice Hospital University medical center Multi-specialty medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 10 FTE Au.D. 0 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 0 2nd year 0 3rd year 3 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Salary Benefits |
Will interview travel be compensated? | Yes |
Vacation Days: | PTO included |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Allowance for continuing education activities |
Start Date: | 6/1/2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes |
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: | Bachelor's degree in related field, current enrollment in Doctor of Audiology (AuD) program, and eligible for AuD externship. Eligible for Intern license from the Texas State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Vestibular assessment, Electrophysiology, Hearing aids, cochlear implants, and other diagnostic and rehabilitative services. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Regularly | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Everyday | Evoked potential assessments | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | Everyday | 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 | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Regularly | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes |
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: | ACAE deadlines |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Phone interview Letter of request/intent Other Must submit Resume, cover letter, and references as well as complete internal application at https://aa083.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/audiology-resident-speech-audiology-otolaryngology-22290 |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Must submit Resume, cover letter, and references as well as complete internal application at https://aa083.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/audiology-resident-speech-audiology-otolaryngology-22290 |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Shawna Jackson - shawjack@utmb.edu |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |