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scut work

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scut work
Menial, non-Pt care-related activities passed to medical students–externs or interns, although they may be the duties of other health-care workers. See Medical student abuse, Pimping, Scut 'monkey.'.


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This is the idea that instead of people and companies owning and managing the computers and software that perform many of their everyday tasks, much of that technological scut work will be handled by others, out of sight, in the mists.
He works weekends, consumed by constant demands to do scut work like "put new cover sheets on the TPS reports.
As institutions gain experience in instituting systems of care delivery that do not depend upon a single individual being in place for 36 hours at a stretch, and as programs gain experience in developing resident-scheduling strategies that minimize scut work, prevent redundancy, and maximize educational experience both in and out of the operating room, we will begin to see more clearly what 80 hours a week can buy for us in terms of training and patient care.
 
 
 
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