- What is the meaning and etymology of scut from scut work?
What is the origin of scut in scut work? According to Merriam-Webster, scut work: routine and often menial labor Probably from medical argot, scut meaning 'junior intern' First known use: circa 1
- What is scut | Student Doctor Network Forums
What is scut to a medical student is different than what is scut to an intern resident, as nearly everything that a medical student does has some learning opportunity (at least the first few times you do it)
- Scutwork | Student Doctor Network Forums
Scut is degrading work normally done by a paid hospital employee instead thrust upon the medical student because the medical student has no grounds for appeal and can fail if he does not comply Examples: running blood to the lab, calling pharmacies and booking appointments, taking ward vitals, doing ward IVs, setting up ward ECGs, retraction in the OR, wheeling patients around Fetching
- Scut work and scab worker [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I wonder if the term scut work, used in american hospitals, could be related to the term scab worker, as in a lowly person who crosses picket lines, since it relates to work that doctors will, and
- What is scutwork? | Student Doctor Network
What does scutwork mean intail exactly????Scut work is a derogatory term used to describe the non-teaching labor that medical students and junior residents must do in order to be "part of the team" For example, running down labs xrays, changing dressing, starting IV lines, writing notes, and a whole lot of other stuff that really teaches you little medicine, but is a lot of busy work The
- Scut work and schedules among top IM programs?
Hi everyone, especially for those who are current residents or who just matched, how would you rank the malignancy and amount of scut for residents among the top 20 programs? Thanks in advance for the advice
- Med school was going so well. . . . until rotations. Advice?
Nobody wants to scut medical students out but part of patient care involves doing the boring things - faxes, prior auths, med rec, writing notes etc As a subspecialty fellow I still have to do these things even between reading echos, caths, etc Residents will always appreciate help in this 5
- What Is Scutwork? | Student Doctor Network
For example: dictating a discharge summary is pure scut for the senior resident, but for the clerk it can be an educational experience, and therefore become "educational scut" The more tasks you can shift from "pure" to "educational" (by making the clerk or intern do it), the more you are maximizing the educational returns of the service!
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