From dental practitioner to audiologist
26 of the 60 essential skills of a audiologist are already essential for a dental practitioner — about 43% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 26
- skills carry over
- 34
- would be new
- 43%
- of the target job covered
- 60
- essential skills of a audiologist
What a audiologist does
Audiologists assess, diagnose and treat patients ( children or adults) with audiological and vestibular disorders caused by infectious, genetic, traumatic or degenerative conditions, such as hearing loss, tinnitus, dizziness, imbalance, hyperacusis and auditory processing difficulties. They can prescribe a hearing aid and have a role in assessing and managing patients who may benefit from cochlear implants.
What carries over
26 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- refer healthcare users
- respond to changing situations in health care
- undertake clinical audit
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
34 skillsEssential for a audiologist and not for a dental practitioner. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- acoustics
- adapt hearing tests
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adjust cochlear implants
- adjust hearing aids
- audiology
- audiometry
- balance disorders
- clean patients' ear canals
- communication related to hearing impairment
- conduct health related research
- counsel patients on improving hearing
- diagnose hearing impairement
- evaluate the psychological impact of hearing problems
- health care legislation
- health care system
- hearing aids
- hearing loss
- human anatomy
- human ear
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- instruct on the use of hearing aids
- interpret diagnostic tests in otorhinolaryngology
- monitor patients' progress related to treatment
- neurophysiology
- pathology
- physiology of balance
- physiology of hearing
- produce impressions for ear moulds
- psychoacoustics
- use of specialised instruments in otorhinolaryngology
- use special hearing equipment for tests
Other moves from dental practitioner
2 roles- physiotherapist27 skills in common
- advanced physiotherapist26 skills in common
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How far are you from being a audiologist?
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