| Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
6 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
5 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: | Stipend
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 10, incl job intvw
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Training provided by hearing aid and cochlear implant manufacturers |
| Start Date: | 5/19/2025
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 8hrs/day, 5days/wk
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
<1 mile |
| 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: | Diagnostic hearing evaluations |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Diagnostic hearing evaluations
Hearing aid selection/fitting/follow-up visits
Vestibular evaluations |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Rarely | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Never | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Rarely | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No
There are no active research studies available for externs to participate in at this time. Extern may seek research opportunities during externship. |
| 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: | Quarterly communication between the university and externship site at a minimum |
| Application Deadline: | 9/18/2024 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Letter of request/intent
Other
On-site interview |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | We request that all of the above materials are sent in a single email in one pdf. The three letters of recommendation (two of which should be from clinical preceptors) can be sent directly from the author if that is their preference. Applicants will be notified shortly after the application deadline if they have been selected for an interview. On-site interview is a plus though may be conducted via video-conference as necessary. |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Tz-Ching Nina Kao, AuD, CCC-A - tzching.kao@bswhealth.org |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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