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Clinical/Preceptor Education (PE)

OL301 - Audiology Clinical Education Network Town Hall: Enhancing the Final-Year Externship Experience

Friday, April 19, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST
Location: A301
Earn 0.1 CEUs
Tier 1
Instructional Level: Fundamental

    Lead Presenter(s)

  • Erin L. Miller, AuD

    Professor of Instruction; Coordinator, Northeast Ohio AuD Consortium
    The University of Akron
    University of Akron
    Akron, Ohio

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

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    • Presenter(s)

  • Izabela A. Jamsek, AuD

    Agency Audiologist
    Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Disclosure(s): Nationwide Children's Hospital: Employment (Ongoing); Ohio State University: Employment (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)

  • CM

    Charlotte Mullen, AuD

    Specialty Audiologist for Education and Training
    Boston Children's Hospital
    Stoughton, Massachusetts

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

  • Catherine V. Palmer, PhD

    Professor
    University of Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

Abstract:
The Audiology Clinical Education Network (ACEN) began as a grassroots effort in January 2021 by clinicians who host Au.D. students in their facilities to promote an agreed-upon process for final-year externship experiences. Initial work focused on establishing a timeline for applications, interviews and externship offers. This session will review the history of the ACEN, development of and modifications to the timeline, student response to the process, involvement from the academic programs, website development, and future directions for the ACEN. Stakeholders in the process will be available to answer questions in a Town Hall format.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the pros and cons of the historic externship identification and application process.
  • Describe the process put in place by ACEN and discuss the pros and cons from three years of data.
  • List the responsibilities of the academic programs, clinical sites, and students to create a positive externship application process for all constituents and identify your role in this process.