| Primary Practice Setting: | VA medical center
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
9 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
2 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
2 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
4 3rd year
4 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Stipend
Benefits
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 13
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
Hearing aid manufacturers provide on site CEU training as well as travel to one off site training per year. May attend AAA and/or JDVAC conferences pending funding approval. Flexibility to attend local conferences with supervisor approval. |
| Start Date: | May 2026
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/5 days week
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
25 miles to CBOC in Golden |
| 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: | -Superior customer service skills
-Ability to function in busy clinic setting
-Solid foundation in basic audiometry
-Experience selecting, fitting and verifying hearing aids
-Basic knowledge of site of lesion and electrophysiologic testing
-Basic knowledge of vestibular diagnostic testing
-Ability and willingness to ask questions and take instruction from multiple preceptors |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | -Ability to work as part of a team and jump in wherever there is the greatest demand.
-Ability to identify when it is appropriate and refer to other specialties when indicated.
-Proficient in selecting, fitting, verifying and troubleshooting hearing aids and accessories from all (most) of the major manufacturers.
-Evaluate and treat tinnitus patients.
-Provide cochlear implant evaluation
-Perform vestibular evaluation
-Ability to recommend a treatment plan based on the needs of the patient. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Never | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Never | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | | Regularly | Auditory processing evaluations | | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Regularly | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Regularly | Vestibular assessments | | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Never | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Everyday | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | Yes
Students are expected to propose clinic improvement projects and present posters during JDVAC/AAA/or other local conference. |
| Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? | Yes
University of Colorado and GRECC program |
| 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: | Reminders to complete any evaluations required by the university. Tools to complete student evaluations efficiently, e.g., Calipso or Typhon. |
| Application Deadline: | 8/15/25 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
Other
Cover Letter, Resume or CV, 3 Letters of Recommendation. Interviews start 8/25/25 and offers extended by 10/1/25. We are NOT following ACEN timeline. |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | MUST receive all application materials as PDFs with appropriate naming all at once including ALL letters of recommendation. Will NOT accept incomplete applications or letters from letter writers. Clinic coordinators can send ALL application materials in ONE PACKET, if needed. |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Sarah Coppinger, Au.D. - sarah.coppinger@va.gov |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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