Primary Practice Setting: | Private practice Hospital Other Private neurotology practice |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree 4 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 1 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 0 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 1 2nd year 0 3rd year 3 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | Yes |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Yes |
Start Date: | Spring/Summer 2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hrs / 5 days |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes 18 miles between 3 offices |
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 diagnostic skills preferred |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | How to navigate a fast paced, private neurotology setting |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Everyday | Evoked potential assessments | Regularly | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | Everyday | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Everyday | Cochlear implant evaluations | Everyday | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Everyday | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes Yes |
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: | Timeline and format for completing evaluations |
Application Deadline: | October 1, 2024 |
Application Requirements: | Resume Phone interview Letter of request/intent |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Email application documents to: pghearci@yahoo.com |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Amanda Rago / Kristin Rathe - pghearci@yahoo.com |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |