How to Automate DiskUtility Verification of Mounted Volumes
The OS X command line is a powerful tool that requires some learning, but can be a huge time saver for some tasks.
See How to Verify All Mounted Volumes for a power-user tip for taking the tedium out of checking the file system on your volumes, especially useful for systems with three or more volumes.
A similar approach can be used for other chores, such as using Integity Checker to verify the integrity of the file contents for an original or backup.