Primary Practice Setting: | Community medical center Hospital |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 5 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 5 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: | Stipend |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 10 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes The audiology program offers weekly Audiology section meetings, balance rounds as well as a professional conference each year. |
Start Date: | Spring of 2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40/5 |
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: | Competency in most audiological procedures Adult and pediatric audio evals, Hearing aid troubleshooting and fittings Hearing aid verification OAEs |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Vestibular assessments including VNG and Rotary Chair Evoked Potential Testing |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Regularly | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Rarely | Cochlear implant evaluations | Rarely | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | No Work with performance improvement studies |
Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | Yes JFK Audiology coordinates with other HMH Audiology facilities |
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: | Defined schedule |
Application Deadline: | September 15th 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: | Submit application Facility will reach out to applicant for phone interview Schedule on-site interview |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Virginia Gural-Toth - virginia.toth@hmhn.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |