Office of Patient Education closes Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Center at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Beginning today, March 17, 2020, the Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Resource Center at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota is closed until further notice as part of the Rochester campus's COVID-19 preparedness planning. All EPIC scheduled patient education classes are cancelled. Patient education center staff are notifying all affected patients that their future class appointments have been cancelled at this time.
Scope of the Collection
The Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Resource Center collection provides patients, families, employees and visitors with current, comprehensive medical and health related information. All materials are reviewed by education specialists and approved for use with patients. The collection provides a range of formats, levels of difficulty and styles to serve the needs of health care consumers.
Collection includes:
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Patient Education Center staff members are available to help visitors find relevant health information resources. If Mayo Clinic patients are not able to visit the Center, they may request that information about their medical condition be mailed to their homes free of charge by providing their unique Mayo Clinic number. All of the take home materials are available free of charge.
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Services
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Borrowing Privileges/Loan Periods
Consumer health books may be checked out by patients and employees. Books circulate for five days. Medical reference books and periodicals do not circulate.
Highlighted Resource
The Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Center provides patients, visitors and employees with classes and a wide array of health information materials all with friendly, caring staff available to assist in searching and collecting the most up to date and comprehensive information available.
Staff
Anthony Cook, Librarian | 6-5031 | cook.anthony@mayo.edu |
Ashley Leuhmann, Patient Education Associate | 6-2552 | |
Tammie Schalow, Resource Center Assistant | 4-8140 | |
Heidi Searcy, Resource Center Assistant | 4-8140 | |
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The Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Center is located in the subway level of the Siebens Building, across from Mayo Clinic Store. |
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Mon-Wed 8:00-5:00 Thurs 9:00-5:00 Fri 8:00-5:00 |
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