Primary Practice Setting: | University medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 4 FTE Au.D. 3 FTE Ph.D. 20 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 20 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 1 2nd year 3 3rd year 1 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Salary Other – Please Describe Potential salary is between $15,000-$20,000, but is not guaranteed. Opportunity for tuition reimbursement is possible in addition to salary. Compensation may increase depending on grant funding available. |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 12 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes |
Start Date: | May 2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 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: | Hearing testing (including masking), basic hearing aid maintenance, and programming. |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Students are expected to demonstrate growth in: •Critical thinking •Synthesizing of information •Advanced Diagnostics •Complex Interpretation •Development of treatment plans across the scope of practice
Technical Skills Include: •adult diagnostic hearing & vestibular evaluations •pediatric (> 7 years old) diagnostic hearing evaluations •tympanometry / acoustic reflexes •electrophysiology •otoacoustic emissions •VNG/Rotary Chair /Posturography/VEMP •hearing aid selection/fitting/management •middle ear and bone conduction implant: •evaluation/programming/management •cerumen management •Clinical research management |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Never | Evoked potential assessments | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Everyday | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Rarely | Cochlear implant evaluations | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes The Extern will assist with the coordination and facilitation of multiple clinical research studies. |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | Yes The Extern will split their clinical time between the USF Auditory Rehabilitation & Clinical Trials Laboratory (ARCT Lab) and the USF Hearing & Balance Center. |
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: | Periodically/As needed |
Application Deadline: | October 18, 2024 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Personal Review Phone interview Letter of request/intent |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | All information should be emailed to Suzannah Boyle. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Suzannah Boyle - suzannahb@usf.edu |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |