Northwestern Center for Advanced Surgical Education (N-CASE)

The Northwestern Center for Advanced Surgical Education (N-CASE) is an academic training center committed to comprehensive skills learning for a variety of medical and surgical disciplines at Northwestern University affiliated hospital systems (McGaw axis— http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/clinical-services/ mcgaw.html). In addition to being a center that promotes excellence in technical skills acquisition and clinical competency, N-CASE has become a nucleus for research in surgical education and advances in minimally invasive surgery techniques. Moreover, N-CASE strives in fostering collaborative efforts among medical disciplines that utilize technical skills and nonmedical disciplines that focus on technology development.