Primary Practice Setting: | Private practice |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 1 FTE Masters Degree 2 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 1 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 1 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend Other – Please Describe Performance-Based Commission |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 5 |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes You may participate in any CME opportunities available to staff audiologists. Hearing Aid, Vestibular and Cochlear Implant training opportunities will be ongoing during your externship tenure. |
Start Date: | 6/1/2024 (flexible) |
Expected hours/days a week: | 9-5 (M-Th), 8-2 (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: | -Diagnostic hearing evaluations -Amplification selection, fitting, and troubleshooting -At least some experience with vestibular evaluation |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | -Counseling in regards hearing loss and tinnitus -Hearing aid programming and accessory troubleshooting -Comprehensive vestibular assessment and reporting -Cochlear implant evaluation and mapping |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Regularly | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | Rarely | Evoked potential assessments | Never | 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 | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Regularly | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | No |
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: | Direct communication with the student's advisor/primary mentor in their AuD program at least twice a semester to discuss the student's progress, establish goals, and provide feedback. |
Application Deadline: | 9/18/2024 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Letter of request/intent 3 letters of recommendation (at least 2 must be from an audiologist that has provided direct supervision in the clinic) |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Please submit letters of recommendation, resume, and letter of intent via email to nathan@tshmt.com. If you have any questions or would like to request more information about this position, I am happy to discuss this via email or phone -- reach out with any questions. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Nathan Putnam - Audiologist/Owner - nathan@tshmt.com |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |