Primary Practice Setting: | ENT group practice Hospital University medical center Multi-specialty medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 30 FTE Au.D. 0 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 4 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 3 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 1 2nd year 1 3rd year 5 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | TBD |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Manufacturer educational sessions Journal club and research opportunities Clinical resource/procedure developments Potential assistance with medical mission trips Participation in Progressive Tinnitus Management program Aural Rehabilitation opportunities |
Start Date: | May 2026 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40/week |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes 20 miles Satellite offices will require personal transportation |
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: | -Take a complete case history -Strong report writing skills -Competently perform audiometric evaluations to include tympanometry, acoustic reflex testing, and OAEs -Strong knowledge of hearing aids (evaluations, fitting, and troubleshooting) -Working knowledge of vestibular testing, including vHIT and rotary chair -Basic skill in evoked potential testing (ABR, ECochG, VEMP) -Basic knowledge of cochlear implant candidacy, testing, troubleshooting, and programming -Basic knowledge of tinnitus management and counseling |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | -Proficient report writing skills -Mastery of basic hearing evaluations, tympanometry, acoustic reflex testing, and OAEs -Proficiency in all aspects of hearing aids (evaluations, fitting, and troubleshooting) -Proficiency in vestibular assessment -Proficiency in evoked potentials -Competence in cochlear implant evaluation, programming, counseling, and device follow-up -Basic skills in tinnitus management and counseling |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Rarely | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Never | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | Rarely | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Everyday | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Regularly | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Regularly | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes - Research in a variety of areas (i.e. cochlear implants, ototoxicity monitoring, hearing aids, tinnitus, etc.) - Clinical trials in conjunction with otologists - Open to student research ideas and projects |
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: | -Evaluation forms -Deadlines |
Application Deadline: | 9/17/2025 |
Application Requirements: | Other See requirements above |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | ACEN TIMELINE: Applications will be reviewed by the audiology team. Interviews will be offered to final candidates. An affiliation agreement must be established between the institutions prior to starting.
In accordance with the ACEN (Audiology Clinical Education Network), we have voluntarily agreed to adhere to the following timeline for the Fall of 2025: Application Deadline: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 Interviews Begin: Monday, September 22, 2025 Final Day for Interviews & Initial Offers: Friday, October 24, 2025 (7:00PM EDT; 4:00PM PDT) Student Response Deadline for First Round Offerings: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 (7:00PM EDT; 4:00PM PDT) **Initial offers for an externship can be extended anytime between Monday, September 22, 2025 and Friday October 24, 2025 at 7:00PM EDT (4:00PM PDT). Regardless of when offers are extended, students have until Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 7:00PM EDT (4:00 PDT) to respond to the offer. Students have the option to accept or decline an offer at any time prior to this deadline. Reposting Unfilled Positions on Website Begins: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 (After 7:00PM EDT, 4:00PM PDT) |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Karla Belcastro, AuD, CCC-A - karla.belcastro@jefferson.edu |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |