Fourth Year/Final Year Externship Orange County

Our large private practice, Orange County Physicians Hearing Services, is currently accepting applications for 2026-27 academic year. We have nine audiologists (Au.

D.) and are affiliated with eleven ENT physicians and one Physicians' Assistant. We have successfully trained many Au.

D. graduates throughout the country. All of our supervising audiologists are ASHA certified (CCC-A). The services we provide include diagnostic audiometry, OAEs, tympanometry including wideband, ABR, newborn hearing screening, VNGs, hearing aid dispensing, cochlear implants, and BAHA, all at a high level of competency. The patient population we serve includes a broad distribution of newborns, pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics. This is a comprehensive training setting that is well-integrated with ENT physicians. Our main office is in Mission Viejo, which is located in coastal Southern California, 60 miles each direction between Los Angeles and San Diego. We also have four nearby satellite offices. Our area could be described as upper middle class to affluent, suburban residential. We have an office at our major regional hospitals: Mission Hospital, Saddleback Memorial Hospital, and Hoag Presbyterian in Newport Beach and Irvine. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required. Must be eligible for and obtain student licensure in California. Starting date is flexible, as some programs have a different calendar than others. Stipend of $40,000 offered. Kristi Panek, Au.

D. will be the contact person for any students interested in our facility. To apply for our externship, students should e-mail their curriculum vitae and letter of intent. We also request that students submit three references with their phone numbers. Application materials may be sent via mail to my attention or to my direct e-mail. Interviews will take place in-person or via Zoom.

Please visit our website:

www.physicianshearingservices.com and feel free to direct questions to Dr. Kristi Panek, Au.

D., at kristi@ocphs.com

Application Requirements:

Letter of Intent Curriculum Vitae Three References/Letters with contact information Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required. Must be eligible for and obtain student licensure in California.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

ENT group practice Private practice Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 9 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 11 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 0 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 5 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: Stipend Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

2 weeks Continuing education opportunities?

Yes Yes Start Date:

Summer 2026 Expected hours/days a week: 40 hours Travel to satellite centers required? Yes All of our satellites are within 10 to 20 miles of each other.

Local students preferred:

Yes 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:

• patient-centered care
• audiologic evaluations
• communication of results Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship:
• hearing aid technology (all manufacturers)

•

ABR, VNG

Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Regularly Hearing Screenings Regularly Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Regularly Pediatric evaluations: school-age Everyday Adult hearing evaluations Everyday Tympanometry Everyday Acoustic Reflexes Never Auditory processing evaluations Regularly Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Everyday Otoacoustic emissions Regularly Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Never Vestibular rehabilitation Everyday Hearing aids dispensed Everyday Hearing aid selection/fitting Everyday Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Never Tinnitus assessments Regularly Tinnitus rehabilitation Regularly Cerumen management Research opportunities? No No 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:

N/A Application Deadline:

open

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Letter of request/intent Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: To apply for our externship, students should e-mail their resume and letter of intent. We also request that students submit three references with their phone numbers. Letters of recommendation may be submitted separately. Application materials may be sent via mail to my attention or to my direct e-mail. Interviews will take place in-person or via Zoom.

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Kristi Panek

• kristi@ocphs.

com Are all externs supervised? Yes Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required. Must be eligible for and obtain student licensure in California.