| Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice
Private practice
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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)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
1 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 days PTO
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| Continuing education opportunities? | No
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| Start Date: | per University
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 5 days/wk - 40 hrs
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
10-20 miles |
| 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: | Patient interviewing, tympanometry, pure tone and speech audiometric testing, test interpretation, (degree and type of hearing loss) |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Hearing Aids: selection, sales/demos, fitting/programming, resolving patient issues, earmold impressions, earmold modifications, maintenance, troubleshooting, connectivity, accessories, family-centered care, documentation, working with 3rd party groups.
Audiologic evaluations: strategies with pediatrics patients; test interpretation, counseling patients and parents; documentation and report-writing.
Vestibular evaluations: Administration of test battery, interpretation of test results, appropriate recommendations, parent interview and counseling, interdisciplinary approach, documentation, report writing.
Administration: Scheduling, collecting payments, maintaining/organizing inventory, documentation in practice OMS, sending hearing aids to mfr for repair, receiving new or repaired hearing aids from mfr, L&D claims, etc.
Patient relations: ensuring patient satisfaction, handling difficult personalities, patient recalls and follow-up, etc.
Marketing: Marketing options and tracking outcomes, youtube videos, website, email marketing, print advertising. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Regularly | Adult hearing evaluations | | Regularly | Tympanometry | | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Never | Otoacoustic emissions | | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No
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| 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: | Documentation instructions/requirements for the externship. |
| Application Deadline: | 9/17/20255 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
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| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Send your application materials as a packet and 3 letters of recommendation to careers@fuelmedical.com |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Christina Lee, Au.D. - clee@ctentonline.com |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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