Primary Practice Setting: | Private practice |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree 3 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 4 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 2 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 2 2nd year 2 3rd year 1 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend Salary Benefits |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 14 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Yes, plenty of continuing education opportunities. |
Start Date: | Flexible start date |
Expected hours/days a week: | 35-40 |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes Travel between San Mateo and San Carlos is required. |
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: | Basic skills are expected to be mastered (e.g., hearing aid clean & check, troubleshooting, basic diagnostics, etc.). |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Students are expected to grow their clinical skill set in all aspects during their time in our clinic. |
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 | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Rarely | Otoacoustic emissions | Regularly | Industrial/hearing conservation | Never | Vestibular assessments | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Everyday | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Regularly | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes Occasionally but infrequent. |
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: | We expect communication during onboarding and occasional check ins with the university on an as needed basis. Any required evaluations are completed by the preceptor(s). |
Application Deadline: | 09/30/2024 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Personal Review |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | To apply, please submit the following:
Letter of intent Resume Two letters of reference Transcript (unofficial is acceptable)
Please email all documents to:
Dr. Patty Anderson, CCC-A, F-AAA Lead Audiologist & Student Program Manager panderson@hearing-care.org |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Dr. Patty Anderson, CCC-A, F-AAA - panderson@hearing-care.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |