title: Sandhurst: preparation for life as a GDMO.
abstract: The ten-week Professionally Qualified Officers (PQO) course has been running successfully for a number of years and focuses on the values of officership, leadership and command. This article compares the principals embodied in the "Sandhurst Ethos" and the General Medical Council's "Duties of a Doctor" and examines how time spent undertaking the PQO course strengthens the professionalism of junior doctors whilst introducing them to military life.
authors: GDMO, 5 Medical Regiment, Aldershot Garrison Health Centre, Aldershot, Hants GU11 1AY. alexandramoss@doctors.org.uk
authors: Alexandra S
authors: AS
authors: Moss
mesh_terms: D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D008889:Military Personnel; D011361:Professional Competence; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom