The AuD Externship Experience
Description
This document has been retired. This document summarizes the Consensus Conference on Issues and Concerns Related to the 4th-Year AuD Student that took place in January 2004 and that was sponsored by the American Academy of Audiology with support from the American Academy of Audiology Foundation and the Veterans Administration.
Key Points
The focus of the conference was on the Doctor of Audiology (AuD) Externship, that is, the dedicated clinical experience component of the AuD degree program. The conference was based on the assumption that the extern had completed an academic curriculum covering the breadth and depth of the scope of practice in audiology prior to beginning the externship.
Although the focus of this conference was the implementation of the AuD externship experience, academic preparation of the student prior to the externship is of paramount importance in providing the foundation for the clinical education experience. Further discussions among academic faculty, externship preceptors, and students should continue to ensure that the academic curriculum has prepared the extern for advanced clinical education.
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