Facilities at the Medical School
The University of Minnesota Medical School, in partnership with its affiliates,
preceptors, community physicians, and other health care professionals, offers
a variety of classroom, laboratory, and clinical learning environments for
our medical students, residents and fellows. On both the primary Twin Cities
campus and the rural medicine-oriented Duluth campus, classrooms, laboratories,
and faculty offices are in close proximity, facilitating professional and
scientific interactions and communication. In addition, the
Bio-Medical Library provides access to a wealth of material, as well
as offering information-management training.
On the Twin Cities campus:
- Nils Hasselmo Hall houses laboratories, faculty offices and meeting rooms.
- Jackson Hall houses basic science offices and laboratories, as well as classrooms.
- The Mayo Memorial Building houses Medical School administrative offices, medical student lounge (Adytum), outpatient clinics, the Mayo Auditorium, and classrooms.
- The Molecular and Cellular Biology Building, shared with the College of Biological Sciences, contains classrooms, offices, and laboratories.
- Moos Tower houses the School of Dentistry, health sciences classrooms and seminar rooms, laboratories, health sciences student areas, and a coffee shop.
- Phillips-Wangensteen Building houses outpatient clinics, a clinical amphitheater, the Health Sciences Learning Center, and a full-service cafeteria (Outside Inn).
- Lions Research Laboratory, McGuire Translational Research Facility (home to the Stem Cell Institute), and the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research are located in the Biomedical Discovery District.
- Other units include the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview; University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital; other affiliated hospitals; Variety Club Heart and Research Center; Masonic Cancer Center; and Veterans of Foreign Wars Cancer Research Center.
On the Duluth campus, classrooms, offices, and laboratories are concentrated in one building, which is physically connected to the branch of the College of Pharmacy and the rest of the University of Minnesota Duluth campus.
In both the Twin Cities and Duluth, the University of Minnesota Medical School has affiliate agreements with major hospitals. Hospitals, clinics, and physicians around the state also host medical students for one-month service learning experiences and during the nine-month Rural Physician Associate Program.
The Bio-Medical Library, located in Diehl Hall, supports the teaching, research, and outreach programs of the health sciences. The library is one of the major units within the University Libraries and serves as a resource library for the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. The collection contains more than 428,000 volumes, 4,394 current journal subscriptions, and 1,194 audiovisual and 223 computer programs.
In addition, more than 61,918 rare and historical books and journals dating from the 15th century to 1920 can be found in the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Bio-Medical Library staff provide instruction in library use, database searching, information access and management, and the Internet. Reference assistance may be requested at the Reference Desk or by telephone or e-mail. The library’s Web site features information about the library, electronic forms for requesting services, and links to other Internet resources. Rooms are available for group study and education technology use.
