Publications by Members of SIMPL

Surgical Trainee Performance and Alignment With Surgical Program Director Expectations

Abbott, Kenneth L. MS; Krumm, Andrew E. PhD; Kelley, Jesse MD; Kendrick, Daniel E. MD; Clark, Michael PhD; Chen, Xilin MPH; Gupta, Tanvi MEng; Jones, Andrew T. PhD; Moreno, Beatriz Ibáñez PhD; Kwakye, Gifty MD; Bibler Zaidi, Nikki L. PhD; Swanson, David B. PhD; Bell, Richard H. MD; George, Brian C. MD on behalf of the Society for Improving Medical Professional Learning

SIMPLifying Urology Residency Operative Assessments: A Pilot Study in Urology Training

Robert S Wang, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Sapan N Ambani, Khaled Hafez,Brian C George, Kate H Kraft

Using Natural Language Processing to Automatically Assess Feedback Quality- Findings From Three Surgical Residencies

Ötleş, Erkin MSE; Kendrick, Dan MD; Solano, Quintin P.; Schuller, Mary MSEd; Ahle, Samantha L. MD, MHS; Eskender, Mickyas H. MD; Carnes, Emily; George, Brian C. MD, MAEd

Association Between Entrustable Professional Activities and Milestones Evaluations: Real-time Assessments Correlate With Semiannual Reviews

Jeffrey B Albright, Andreas H Meier, Lucy Ruangvoravat, Thomas J VanderMeer

A Proposed Blueprint for Operative Performance Training, Assessment, and Certification

Quality of dictated feedback associated with SIMPL operative assessments of pediatric surgical trainees

Benjamin Zendejas, Ayca Toprak, Amanda W Harrington, Craig W Lillehei, Biren P Modi, Am J Surg. 2020 Oct 10:S0002-9610(20)30625-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.10.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33051067.

Constructing Learning Curves to Benchmark Operative Performance of General Surgery Residents Against a National Cohort of Peers

Joseph D.Nicolas BA, Reiping Huang PhD,  Ezra N.Teitelbaum MD, MEd, Karl Y. Bilimoria MD, MS, Yue-Yung Hu MD, MPH, Journal of Surgical Education

The Quality of Operative Performance Narrative Feedback

Ahle, Samantha L. MD, MHS Med-Ed; Eskender, Mickyas MD; Schuller, Mary MSEd; Carnes, Emily; Chen, Xilin MPH; Koehler, Jeanne PhD; Willey, Gabrielle MD; Latif, Ahmed; Doyle, Jennifer MA; Wnuk, Gregory MHSA; Fryer, Jonathan P. MD, MHPE; Mellinger, John D. MD; George, Brian C. MD, MAEd. Annals of Surgery: 

Using smartphones for trainee performance assessment: A SIMPL case study

Brian C. George MD, MAEd, Jordan D. Bohnen MD, MBA,Mary C. Schuller MS, Jonathan P. Fryer MD, MHPE. Surgery. Volume 167, Issue 6, June 2020, Pages 903-906

Number of Operative Performance Ratings Needed to Reliably Assess the Difficulty of Surgical Procedures

Kenneth L. Abbott MS, Xilin Chen MPH, Michael Clark PhD, Nikki L. Bibler Zaidi PhD, David B. Swanson PhD, Brian C. George MD, MAEd, Journal of Surgical Education, Vol 76 issue 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.07.008

Assessment of Operative Autonomy and Readiness for Independent Practice Among Pediatric Surgery Fellows

Zendejas B, Lillehei CW, George BC, Modi BP, J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jan;55(1):117-121. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.09.061. 

Utilizing a Mobile Application for Evaluation of Procedural Learning in Neurosurgery

Sravanthi Koduri, MD, David B. Altshuler, MD, MS, Siri Sahib S. Khalsa, MD, Cormac O. Maher, MD, Greg Wnuk, MHSA, Doris Tong MD, MSc, FRCPC, Brian C. George, MD, MA, Nicholas Szerlip, MD

Relationship of procedural numbers with meaningful procedural autonomy in general surgery residents

Herbert P. Stride, Brian C. George, Reed G. Williams, Jordan D. Bohnen, Megan J. Eaton, Mary C. Schuller, Lihui Zhao, Amy Yang, Shari L. Meyerson, Rebecca Scully, Gary L. Dunnington, Laura Torbeck, John T. Mullen, Samuel P. Mandell, Michael Choti, Eugene Foley, Chandrakanth Are, Edward Auyang, Jeffrey Chipman, Jennifer Choi, Andreas Meier, Douglas Smink, Kyla P. Terhune, Paul Wise, Debra DaRosa, Nathaniel Soper, Jay B. Zwischenberger, Keith Lillemoe, Jonathan P. Fryer

Uniting Evidence-Based Evaluation with the ACGME Plastic Surgery Milestones: A Simple and Reliable Assessment of Resident Operative Performance.

Kobraei EM, Bohnen JD, George BC, Mullen JT, Lillemoe KD, Austen WG Jr, Liao EC. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Aug;138(2):349e-57e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000002411.

Training cardiac surgeons: the Indiana University experience.

Brown, JW Cardiol Young. 2016 Dec;26(8):1484-1490. doi: 10.1017/S1047951116002420.

Evaluation of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residents' Operative Skills: Feasibility and Engagement Study Using SIMPL Software for a Mobile Phone.

Kaban LB, Cappetta A, George BC, Lahey ET, Bohnen JD, Troulis MJ. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2017 Oct;75(10):2041-2047. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2017.05.036. Epub 2017 Jun 8.

How Many Observations are Needed to Assess a Surgical Trainee's State of Operative Competency?

Williams RG, Swanson DB, Fryer JP, Meyerson SL, Bohnen JD, Dunnington GL, Scully RE, Schuller MC, George BC. Ann Surg. 2019 Feb;269(2):377-382. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002554.

A SIMPL application to assess oral medicine residents' performance and level of autonomy

BDS, MDS Revathi Shekar, Brian C. George, MD, Jordan D. Bohnen, MD, MBA, Alessandro Villa, DDS, PhD, MPH Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2018 Sep;126(3):246-251. doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2018.05.017. Epub 2018 May 29.

Value and Barriers to Use of the SIMPL Tool for Resident Feedback

Megan Eaton DO, Rebecca Scully MD, Mary Schuller MS, Amy Yang MS, Douglas Smink MD, Reed G. Williams PhD, Jordan D. Bohnen MD, Brian C. George MD, Jonathan P. Fryer MD and Shari L. Meyerson MD J Surg Educ. 2019 May - Jun;76(3):620-627. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.01.012. Epub 2019 Feb 13.

Identifying and Addressing High Priority Issues in General Surgery Training and Education

JonathanFryer, MD, Mary Schuller, MS, Greg Wnuk, MHSA, Shari Meyerson, MD, Joseph Zwischenberger, MD, Andreas Meier, MD, Reed Williams, PhD, Brian George, MD  2019 Jan - Feb;76(1):50-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2018.06.009. Epub 2018 Sep 20.