| Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree
5 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
3 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
0 3rd year
1 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Salary
Other – Please Describe
NC temporary Audiology licensing fee |
| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 10
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Any local manufacturer training or in-office trainings |
| Start Date: | 5/2025 (12 months)
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
8-15 miles (Occassional, PRN) |
| Local students preferred: | No
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| 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
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| Externship site expects the extern to have mastered these skills before they begin their clinical externship: | Comprehensive hearing evaluation with basic masking. |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Comprehensive hearing evaluations with effective masking, including bilateral conductive/mixed hearing loss, Hearing Aid Evaluations, HA fitting/dispensing including real ear verification, effective use of validation tools, HA troubleshooting, HA follow up, counseling on effective communication strategies, counseling on use of accessories as well when to recommend them as part of a treatment option, CI candidacy, activation, and follow-up. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Never | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Rarely | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Never | Hearing Screenings | | Rarely | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Rarely | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Never | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No
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| Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | No
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| 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: | 9/18/2024 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
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| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Send application materials as a complete package with 3 letters of recommendation to careers@fuelmedical.com |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Carrie Wentz (AuD) & Devon Bratton (AuD) - clwentz@ashevilleENT.com |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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