Primary Practice Setting: | Hospital Multi-specialty medical center |
Number of Audiologists at the site:
| 0 FTE Masters Degree 21 FTE Au.D. 2 FTE Ph.D. 0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD) 6 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 3 FTE Clerical Support Staff |
Number of Audiology Students each year:
| 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 10 2nd year 0 3rd year 5 4th year Externships |
Financial arrangements: | Stipend Benefits |
Will interview travel be compensated? | No |
Vacation Days: | 10 vacation days |
Continuing education opportunities? | Yes Externs are encouraged to attend local and national educational opportunities. |
Start Date: | June 2025 |
Expected hours/days a week: | 40 hours/week |
Travel to satellite centers required? | Yes Satellites are within about a 30 mile radius of each other |
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: | Students should be comfortable with basic audiometric exams. They should have a high level of motivation and professionalism. |
Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: | Students will gain confidence and refinement of clinical skills related to all aspects of audiological services listed above while demonstrating dependability and motivation to learn from supportive supervisors. |
Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
| Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler | Everyday | Pediatric evaluations: school-age | Everyday | Adult hearing evaluations | Everyday | Tympanometry | Everyday | Acoustic Reflexes | Rarely | Auditory processing evaluations | Regularly | Hearing Screenings | Everyday | Evoked potential assessments | Rarely | Intra-operative monitoring cases | Everyday | Otoacoustic emissions | Rarely | Industrial/hearing conservation | Everyday | Vestibular assessments | Regularly | Vestibular rehabilitation | Everyday | Hearing aids dispensed | Everyday | Hearing aid selection/fitting | Regularly | Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) | Regularly | Cochlear implant evaluations | Regularly | Cochlear implant rehabilitation | Rarely | Tinnitus assessments | Regularly | Tinnitus rehabilitation | Regularly | Cerumen management | |
Research opportunities? | Yes Externs are afforded the opportunity to participate directly in ongoing research projects as well as develop their own investigations. This research is then presented at the department's annual resident research day. |
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: | As needed |
Application Deadline: | 9/18/2024 |
Application Requirements: | Letters of Recommendation Resume Letter of request/intent |
Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: | To apply, please send a letter of interest, a current CV, and three letters of reference to Kaylee Smith, Au.D. at ksmith66@hfhs.org. Deadline for application is September 18, 2024. Selected applicants will be invited to interview on October 11, 2024. |
Contact Person: (preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) | Kaylee Smith, Au.D. - ksmith66@hfhs.org |
Are all externs supervised? | Yes |