Dump

"Success! We've dumped onto Medicine!"

From a medical standpoint, to dump can mean one of two things:

  1. To dispose of a patient in a careless or hurried away, usually onto the Medicine service[1][2][3]; or
  2. To dispose of a significant other in a careless or hurried away, like when OB dumped GYN[4]


Related Terms


- Primary


References


  1. Friday “Dump Job” Ends Back on Hospitalist
  2. The Difference Between a Medicine Service and a Garbage Dump
  3. Infographic: Who Should Really Be Primary?
  4. Say It Isn’t So: OB Dumps GYN, Now Dating ENT


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