Clinical Sciences Campus Plan

In 2005 the Clinical Sciences Campus Plan vision was developed. It articulated planning principles and specific development opportunities for the clinical partnership of the Academic Health Center, the University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Its goal was to create a campus environment and associated health sciences facilities necessary to attain the partnership’s vision of local, regional and international renown in patient care, research and health professional education. Several important master planning principles were articulated in this vision.

The Clinical Sciences Campus Plan is/will:

1. Be guided by a long range vision of being a top tier patient care, education, and research institution; and shaped by the core programmatic priorities of the partners.
2. Support integrated inpatient and outpatient care delivery, including the move to a “single site” for the University of Minnesota Medical Center,Fairview.
3. Emphasize responsible use of resources – both capital and operations.  Duplication is to be tenaciously avoided; facility adjacencies supporting capital and operating efficiency will be pursued.
4. Be driven by an external customer focus.  The Clinical Campus will create a welcoming identity for visitors, patients, family, students, faculty, and staff.  For clinical facilities, patient and family access and service will be the primary priority.
5. Have mission focal points – for education, research, and patient care – which will deliberately link to each other.  Zoning of the Academic Health Center will reflect these missions.
6. Take advantage of the character of a large, urban, University while creating “community space” for interaction and reflection.  Site efficiency will be maximized.
7. Be an asset to investment in recruitment and retention of students, faculty, and staff.  Quality of facilities will be a key component of competitive positioning.
8. Support continued involvement of community-based physicians in patient care programs.  Ease of access and operational orientation will increase attractiveness to the private practice community.
9. Be driven by life cycle facility planning.  Sequencing of individual facility decisions based upon responsible continued use of facilities with outstanding debt and operational effectiveness will be emphasized by both Fairview and the University.
10. Both reflect and impact University-wide planning for transportation, parking, student housing, stadiums, energy, and other initiatives.  The Clinical Campus planning process should link closely with University-wide planning.
11. Be respectful of the University and the Fairview – University campus as part of a larger urban community.  The plan will engender the support of key external stakeholders.

The major deliverables in the completion of a Clinical Sciences Campus Plan for the University of Minnesota was not only the formulation of these planning principles but also the siting of a new 400,000 square foot clinic facility and a 360,000 square foot children’s hospital facility that will consolidate and enhance existing children’s services.

• Visit the Clinical Sciences Campus Plan website.