%0 Journal Article %T Volunteer patients and small groups contribute to abdominal examination¡¯s success %A Byron P Vaughn %A Douglas A Horst %A Helen M Shields %A Melissa H Tukey %A Nielsen Q Fernandez-Becker %A Sarah N Flier %A Stephen R Pelletier %J Archive of "Advances in Medical Education and Practice". %D 2017 %R 10.2147/AMEP.S146500 %X Prior to 2007, we taught the abdominal examination in a hospital based group to 40 students, at one hospital. We used volunteer patients, small groups, repetition, and required faculty development sessions. In 2007, our medical school changed its ¡°Introduction to Physical Examination¡± session so that the entire class was to be taught in a geographically central session. Our hospital was selected to lead the abdominal examination portion of the session %K abdominal examination %K volunteer patients %K small groups %K repetition %K faculty development %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676735/