Examiner experience should result in:
a. the ability to analyze data with more con-fidence.
b. reliance on intuition.
c. an ability to order more laboratory tests.
d. the need to spend more time with patients.
A
Experience gives more confidence, resulting in greater skills at being able to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information about the chief complaint and then arrive at a diagnosis.
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