Professor Kamila Hawthorne | |
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Medical career | |
Profession | Doctor |
Field | General Practitioner |
Institutions | Cardiff University School of Medicine University of Surrey Swansea University |
Kamila HawthorneMBE FAcadMEd FRCGP FRCP FLSW is a Welsh medical academic and a general practitioner. She has been a clinical professor of Medical Education, and Associate Dean for Medicine.
She qualified in medicine from University of Oxford in 1984, then completed her GP training in Nottingham in 1988. [1]
Hawthorne's clinical work in Butetown served a deprived area of Cardiff's docks. [2]
She has taught medical students since 1991 and an examiner for the Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) since 1997. [3] [4]
Hawthorne was Vice Chair (Professional Development) at the Royal College of General Practitioners 2015–2018. [5]
She was a Professor of Medical Education at Cardiff University School of Medicine, [6] later becoming the Head of the Graduate Entry Medicine Programme at Swansea University.
She became a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2001, and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators in 2013. [4]
She is a trustee of the RCGP and a trustee of the King's Fund. [1] She was co-opted as a trustee to the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. [7]
Hawthorne was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to general practice. [8]
Hawthorne was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2022. [9]
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