| Primary Practice Setting: | Private practice
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree
1 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
1 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
1 3rd year
1 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Salary
Living expenses
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| Will interview travel be compensated? | Yes
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| Vacation Days: | 2 weeks
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
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| Start Date: | Immediately
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 20-40
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
20 miles |
| Local students preferred: | Yes
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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: | Have the ability to perform hearing evaluations and to clean and check hearing aids. Have basic knowledge of Noah and hearing aid software. |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Hearing evaluation interpretation, hearing aid trouble shooting, and fitting strategies. |
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 | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Regularly | Otoacoustic emissions | | Regularly | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Never | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Never | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Never | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Never | Tinnitus assessments | | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Regularly | 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: | On bi-weekly or monthly basis |
| Application Deadline: | ASAP |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
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| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | 2 |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Christina L Vail - christinavailaud@gmail.com |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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