| Primary Practice Setting: | Multi-specialty medical center
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Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 2 FTE Masters Degree
20 FTE Au.D.
0 FTE Ph.D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
10 FTE Clerical Support Staff
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Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
0 2nd year
0 3rd year
1 4th year Externships |
| Financial arrangements: | Other – Please Describe
Arrangements are made on an individual year basis pending department budget. We are estimated to be able to offer $15,000-$20,000 over the course of the externship. |
| Will interview travel be compensated? | No
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| Vacation Days: | 10 days
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| Continuing education opportunities? | Yes
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| Start Date: | 5/18, 5/26, 6/1
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| Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/week
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| Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes
Placements will occur primarily at Mercy Hospital St. Louis and Mercy Winding Woods in Ofallon, MO. |
| 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: | *Self-motivation
*Excellent organizational skills
*Able to work as part of a high functioning team
*Strong interest in pediatric population
*Previous experience with pediatric population is preferred
*Pure tone audiometry and basic masking procedures
*Basic hearing aid troubleshooting |
| Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | * Perform accurate adult diagnostic audiograms (must reach competent level prior to focusing solely on pediatric diagnostics).
* Fit and dispense hearing aids to adult population (must reach competent level prior to focusing solely on pediatric hearing aids).
* Perform accurate pediatric diagnostics including CPA and VRA testing.
* Perform accurate sleep-deprived and sedated ABR on infant population.
* Perform newborn hearing screenings.
* Function as a part of a diverse Audiology Department in a large hospital setting. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | | Everyday | Tympanometry | | Regularly | Acoustic Reflexes | | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | | Rarely | Hearing Screenings | | Regularly | Evoked potential assessments | | Never | Intra-operative monitoring cases | | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | | Never | Industrial/hearing conservation | | Never | Vestibular assessments | | Never | Vestibular rehabilitation | | Regularly | Hearing aids dispensed | | Regularly | Hearing aid selection/fitting | | Rarely | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | | Rarely | Cochlear implant evaluations | | Rarely | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | | Never | Tinnitus assessments | | Never | Tinnitus rehabilitation | | Rarely | Cerumen management | |
| Research opportunities? | No
N/A |
| 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: | A designated externship coordinator from the university's program must contact our site at time of agreement, as well as maintain regular contact throughout externship year. |
| Application Deadline: | September 17th, 2025 |
| Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Letter of request/intent
Other
Curriculum vitae, transcripts, letter of intent, and 3 confidential letters of recommendation required in application. Letters of recommendation need to be emailed directly from letter writers. Transcripts required from undergraduate and graduate program. Unofficial transcripts are accepted, but must be copies or electronic versions of the official transcripts. Letters of recommendation will NOT be accepted after the application deadline of September 17th, 2025. Mercy Hospital requires flu vaccination as well as adherence to future vaccination requirements, in order to be accepted as an extern. Please be prepared to provide vaccination documentation prior to externship start date. |
| Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | Please submit application electronically by September 17th to include: letter of intent, curriculum vitae, unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and 3 confidential letters of recommendation. Please submit by email to blair.cristel@mercy.net. Letters of reference need to be emailed directly from the letter writer. Virtual interviews will be scheduled on September 30th, 2025. Contracts will be reviewed by legal departments of both parties after student is accepted. We do not perform onsite interviews prior to making an offer, therefore if the student requires an onsite visit prior to accepting a potential offer, it is recommended a visit be scheduled prior to submitting an application. |
Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Blair Cristel, AuD - blair.cristel@mercy.net |
| Are all externs supervised? | Yes
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