Audiology Externship-

WVU Medicine is the state's largest health system and largest private employer.

Our mission is to improve the health of West Virginians and all we serve through excellence in patient care, research, and education.

The WVU Medicine Audiology Department is comprised of eight full-time audiologists.

The extern will primarily be in the main medical center location where they will be exposed to experiences within all the audiology specialty areas for both adults and pediatrics.

The position is a 12-month, 5-day per week audiology student externship beginning around May 2025.
Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:
University medical center
Number of Audiologists at the site:
0 FTE Masters Degree
8 FTE Au.
D.
0 FTE Ph.
D.
0 FTE Other Doctorate (ScD)
0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants)
5 FTE Clerical Support Staff
Number of Audiology Students each year:
5 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations
5 2nd year
0 3rd year
1 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend
Will interview travel be compensated? No

Vacation Days:
Yes
Continuing education opportunities? Yes

Yes, the extern can participate in any of the CEU activities that the audiology team participates in throughout the year.

Start Date:
May 2025
Expected hours/days a week: 5 days a week/40 hrs
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:

• Student should be able to perform basic testing. Supervising audiologist will evaluate the student's skills and help create a plan for development based on that assessment.
• During the externship the student will be provided with experiences that allow them to develop their skills across the entire scope of practice.

Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
Student will become autonomous professional by the end of the externship across their scope of practice.

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 Rarely Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Rarely Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never 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 Everyday Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Everyday Cochlear implant evaluations Everyday Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Regularly Tinnitus rehabilitation Never Cerumen management Research opportunities? Yes
Student is welcome to participate in any departmental research projects or start their own. 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: Communication between supervisor and university about progress of extern at each semester

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: Please email application materials to

Please feel free to email with any questions about the position.

Contact Person:
(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Benjamin Boss, Au.
D. CCC-A - Are all externs supervised? Yes

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