Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 2 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 0 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 0 3rd year 1 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | None |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 5 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes |
Start Date: | May/June 2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 36-40 |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes 10-20 min |
Local students preferred: | Yes |
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: | Strong diagnostic foundation and basic hearing device knowledge and troubleshooting skills. |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Diagnostic independence and increased knowledge and proficiency with devices (implantable and non-implantable). |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Rarely | Evoked potential assessments | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | Never | Vestibular assessments | Never | 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 | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes Our clinic participates in device clinical trials (implantable and non-implantable devices) when the opportunity arises. |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | Yes |
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? | Monthly
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Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: | Check in with student progress and materials needed |
Application Deadline: | Until Filled |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Send application materials as a complete package and 3 letters of recommendation to careers@fuelmedical.com |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Nicole Ulen, AuD - dr.ulen@caminoent.com |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |