During residency surgical trainees perform on average 979 operations

They must be evaluated for just 6...

The initial results of the SIMPL trial suggest that this is not enough for a valid and reliable assessment of operative performance.

PLSC's mission is to "improve the quality of surgical care by improving the quality of surgeons". Our initial goal has been to provide surgical educators with convenient, reliable, valid assessment tools that can be used for frequent, real-time workplace assessments for their trainees. The SIMPL app provides this platform.