AuD Externship

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) is the leading academic/medical facility in Northern New England. We are located in Lebanon, NH, offering the quintessential New England experience, yet with only a two-hour drive to Boston, Maine, or the Canadian border, while NYC is just 4 hours away. The Audiology Section at DHMC provides a range of diagnostic and amplification/management options for all ages and works closely with the Otolaryngology/Otology Section. Various behavioral hearing tests and auditory physiologic measures are performed, including sedated and unsedated ABRs, OAEs, VNGs, and VEMPs.

Children less than five years of (developmental) age are often tested using a two-tester paradigm. Our aural rehabilitation services include hearing aid dispensing, cochlear implant management, osseointegrated devices and hearing assistive technology (HAT). We currently have ten audiologists, three with pediatric caseloads and seven with adult caseloads. Our team also includes two hearing instrument specialists, two pediatric test assistants, an educational consultant, and a part-time social worker. The clinic strives to practice evidence-based audiology and employs best-practice standards. Lead preceptors hold their CCC-A.

Dartmouth Hitchcock follows the ACEN Externship Application timeline as follows:

• Wednesday, September 18, 2024: Application deadline
• Monday, September 23, 2024: Interviews begin: Initial offers can be extended
• Friday, October 25, :00pm EDT): Final day of interviews and initial offers
• Tuesday, October 29, :00pm EDT): Student response deadline for first round offers

We are seeking to fill two, fourth-year AuD Externship positions. They would be year-long placements, beginning around June 2025 (dates are flexible and are based on University and student needs). Applicants should submit a letter of intent, resume, graduate transcripts (unofficial are acceptable), and two letters of recommendation.

Externship Information: Primary Practice Setting: University medical center
Number of Audiologists at the site:
3 FTE Masters Degree
6 FTE Au.D.
1 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
0 2nd year
0 3rd year
2 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: None
Will interview travel be compensated? No
Vacation Days: Negotiable
Continuing education opportunities? Yes
Both on-site and off-site continuing education opportunities are available. Start Date: June 2025
Expected hours/days a week: 40
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: Externs should have strong diagnostic skills, are able to complete otoscopy and report findings, have experience with amplification, are able to take earmold impressions without incident, and have excellent interpersonal skills. Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Externs will have the opportunity to work with all age groups. They will develop skills testing all ages, (including difficult to test populations). They will also develop the skills necessary for:

* The fitting of hearing devices using evidence-based audiology, employing best practice standards.
* ABR
* Vestibular evaluations
* Cochlear implant candidacy evaluations as well as management/ rehabilitation
* Osseointegrated technology candidacy and management
* Research opportunities

Externs will also be required to develop and demonstrate:

* Critical thinking in a fast-paced clinic environment
* Being part of a team based practice Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern:
Never Hearing Screenings Everyday Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Everyday Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Regularly Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Never Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Regularly Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Rarely Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Never Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Everyday Cochlear implant rehabilitation Rarely Tinnitus assessments Rarely Tinnitus rehabilitation Rarely Cerumen management Research opportunities? Yes
While a research rotation is optional, historically it has been for four hours/week. Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? No
How frequently will the externship site communicate with the university during the externship? As Needed Communication or other support do expected or required from the university during the externship: Clinical supervisors will be contacted as needed to discuss student concerns. Clear guidelines for assessment, deadlines, and expectations of student performance are expected/required in advance of the start of the externship. Application Deadline: 09/18/2024 Application Requirements: Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Transcript
Phone interview
Letter of request/intent
Other
Following an initial phone/video interview, with the Clinical Coordinator and at least two team members, a second phone/video interview with other members of our team may be arranged as needed for the selection process. Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, transcript (unofficial is acceptable) and two letters of recommendation by email to:

or by mail to:
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive
Audiology 4F
Lebanon, NH 03756
Attention: M. Stella McHugh, MS, CCC-A, Clinical Coordinator Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) M. Stella McHugh, MS, CCC-A, Clinical Coordinator - Are all externs supervised? Yes

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