The fourth-year audiology externship at Essentia Health, an integrated health system headquartered in Duluth, MN with service throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, offers advanced clinical training in the diagnosis and management of hearing and balance disorders. Externs will gain direct experience in patient-centered care while working within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment that reflects Essentia's values of Quality, Hospitality, Respect, Joy, Justice, Stewardship, and Teamwork. The externship experience is primarily based at Essentia Health's main Duluth campus, with additional opportunities for community-based placements and outreach experiences to broaden their clinical training and exposure to diverse patient populations.

Externship Information:

Primary Practice Setting:

Community medical center Number of Audiologists at the site: 0 FTE Masters Degree 9 FTE Au.

D. 0 FTE

Ph.

D. 0 FTE

Other Doctorate (ScD) 5 FTE professional support staff (technicians/audiometric assistants) 2 FTE Clerical Support Staff Number of Audiology Students each year: 0 1st year AuD Clinical Rotations 0 2nd year 0 3rd year 1 4th year Externships Financial arrangements: Stipend Will interview travel be compensated?

No Vacation Days:

TBD Continuing education opportunities? Yes Yes, based on student interest and available opportunities on and off-site.

Start Date:

May/June 2026 Expected hours/days a week: 40/week 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: Successful candidates will have completed the third year of a Doctor of Audiology (Au.

D.) program or the second year of an accelerated Au.

D. program. In addition, they will have achieved a passing score on the Praxis Examination in Audiology as well as demonstrated steady progress toward the American Academy of Audiology core competencies before the anticipated May/June 2026 externship start date. Externship site expects the extern to learn/demonstrate these skills during their clinical externship: Develop advanced clinical skills in diagnostic audiology, including pediatric and adult evaluations, vestibular testing, otoacoustic emissions and auditory evoked potentials. Gain experience in the selection, fitting, and management of hearing aids, implantable devices, and assistive technology. Contribute to patient care plans as part of a collaborative health care team, with exposure to tinnitus management, auditory processing disorders, and vestibular rehabilitation. Strengthen clinical communication, patient counseling, and documentation skills. Engage in quality improvement initiatives while upholding Essentia Health's mission of making a healthy difference in people's lives. Clinical opportunities that will be given to the extern: Rarely Hearing Screenings Regularly Pediatric evaluations: infant/toddler Regularly Pediatric evaluations: school-age Regularly Adult hearing evaluations Regularly Tympanometry Regularly Acoustic Reflexes Regularly Auditory processing evaluations Rarely Hearing Screenings Regularly Evoked potential assessments Never Intra-operative monitoring cases Regularly Otoacoustic emissions Rarely Industrial/hearing conservation Regularly Vestibular assessments Rarely Vestibular rehabilitation Regularly Hearing aids dispensed Regularly Hearing aid selection/fitting Regularly Audiologic rehabilitation (group or individualized) Regularly Cochlear implant evaluations Regularly Cochlear implant rehabilitation Regularly Tinnitus assessments Rarely Tinnitus rehabilitation Regularly Cerumen management Research opportunities? Yes Yes. Opportunities for research projects are available through the Essentia Institute for Rural Health. Consortium or collaborative arrangements with other sites? Yes We work collaboratively with numerous other health care, community, and educational organizations. Previous externs have elected to pursue additional opportunities but this is not a requirement. 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: Completion of affiliation agreement.

Application Deadline:

9/16/2026

Application Requirements:

Letters of Recommendation Resume Transcript Phone interview Letter of request/intent Steps for the student/university to follow in the application process: Application materials to be sent to extern coordinator via Email.

Please address to:

Shawna Reagan, AuD Essentia Health Audiology 400 East Third St Duluth, MN 55805 Complete applications will include:

• Cover Letter
• Resume/CV
• Unofficial transcript
• 2-3 Letters of Recommendation
• Contact information for the university's clinical education program coordinator(s) Candidates will be contacted to arrange a phone and/or Zoom interview

Contact Person:

(preceptor, supervisor or extern coordinator) Shawna Reagan

• shawna.

reagan@essentiahealth.org Are all externs supervised? Yes