Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice Hospital Multi-specialty medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 18 FTE Au.D. 2 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 6 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 2 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 0 3rd year 2 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 12 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes |
Start Date: | 6/02/2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 8-5 M-F |
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: | Externs should be able to demonstrate knowledge and skill to perform the basic test battery for behavioral hearing evaluations on normal developing adults and children. |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Externs will be able to demonstrate independence in performing diagnostic hearing evaluations, vestibular evaluations, hearing aid programming and verification, cochlear implant evaluation and mapping. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Regularly | Adult hearing evaluations | Regularly | Tympanometry | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | Rarely | Vestibular rehabilitation | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Rarely | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | Rarely | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Regularly | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes There have been opportunities for externs to participate in research with Ph.D. staff. |
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 for when evaluations are due |
Application Deadline: | 9/17/2025 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | please visit: https://college.mayo.edu/academics/health-sciences-education/audiology-externship-minnesota/
How to apply: 1. Create an account to begin the online Application for Admission •Select - Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences •Select – Audiology Externship 2. Complete each section of the application and submit 3. After submission, view the required Supplemental Items and Documents •Upload each required item in the Supplemental Items section •Complete the Recommendation Request section
The application cycle will be open from June 17, 2025-September 17, 2025. Interviews and offers will follow the Audiology Clinical Education Network timeline. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Janalene Jacobson - jacobson.janalene@mayo.edu |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |