Tuesday, April 5, 2005

Mayo Clinic, Rochester - Usability & Innovation Lab Tours & More

 

Note the special date and times for this meeting.

Please join us on Tuesday, April 5th, for a visit to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Just as seasons change, so do usability teams. A few years ago, the team at Mayo Clinic in Rochester was discovering what the world of usability was all about. Since our chapter's last visit, the team and facilities at Mayo have undergone a transformation.

Thomas Suther, a founding member of the UPA-Minnesota chapter, will explain some of the changes and give us a tour of the usability labs. Then we'll move to another building on campus and have a tour of the SPARC Innovation lab. This lab is a living experiment in practicing medicine, and an interesting twist on the concept of usability testing. In this lab, Jenny Dusso will explain how ideas are brought forward and tested in exam rooms, with real physicians and patients.

As an added bonus, Caroline Jarrett, a usability specialist from the United Kingdom, will join us for our meeting. Caroline's specialty is forms design, and she will be in Rochester teaching forms classes at Mayo. She has offered to share a few insights from 'across the pond' on usability and UPA chapters.

 

Meeting Details:

Date/Time:
April 5, 2005, 6:00 p.m.
Place:
Ozmun East Building, Mayo Clinic
Address:
200 1st Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905 (View Maps)
Host:
Thomas Suther and Team
Speakers:
Thomas Suther, Jenny Dusso and Caroline Jarrett
Topic:
The Usability Transformation at Mayo Clinic

Agenda:

 

Event Cost & Registration

 

If you or someone you know would like to attend, please register by emailing events@upamn.org that you will attend. When registering, please also indicate if you are interested in driving or riding in a carpool down to Rochester. If you offer to drive, please indicate how many passengers you could take. We will attempt to loosely coordinate carpooling efforts in advance.

Directions, Maps & Parking:

Maps:

1. How to get to the Mall of America

2. Approach to Rochester

3. Map of the Mayo Clinic Campus (PDF)

4. Additional Mayo Clinic Maps

 

Directions & Parking:

 

Driving Directions from the Mall of America to Mayo Clinic:
  1. Take I-494 East for about 10 miles
  2. Take HIGHWAY 52 South
  3. Continue driving to Rochester (about 70 miles)
  4. In Rochester take the 2ND STREET SW exit
  5. At the stoplight turn left on to 2ND STREET SW. Drive a few blocks to 3RD AVENUE
  6. Turn left at 3RD AVENUE. Staying in left lane, proceed to the stoplight. DAMON PARKING RAMP (mirrored exterior) is on your left.
  7. Enter the DAMON PARKING RAMP just past the stoplight (Parking is $2 for first hour, $1 each additional hour.)

Walking Directions from the Damon Parking Ramp to the Ozmun building:

  1. Stairs and elevators exit towards 3RD AVENUE
  2. Exit at STREET LEVEL and turn right
  3. Walk south and turn right at the corner (1ST STREET?)
  4. Walk along south end of building (church is on left)
  5. The Ozmun Parking Ramp will be across 4th AVENUE
  6. Cross 4th AVENUE and turn left (south)
  7. Walk south past the ramp to the Ozmun East Building
  8. We'll wait outside the East door for our hosts.

Other Parking Options:

Plenty of free, on street parking should be available in the vicinity of the Ozmun Building by the time we arrive. Please consider the on street parking as an alternative to the parking ramp directions that are included in the details above.

 

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Last update: April 01, 2005