Kamila Hawthorne

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Kamila Hawthorne

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.

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Early life and education

She qualified in medicine from University of Oxford in 1984, then completed her GP training in Nottingham in 1988. [1]

Career

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]

Honours

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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References

  1. 1 2 "About us > who's who > Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE. Position: Trustee". King’s Fund . Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  2. Cooper, Colin (1 October 2015). "New RCGP vice-chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne keen to promote GP careers". GP Online . Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  3. Bower, Emma (3 January 2017). "GPs recognised in New Year Honours list". GP Online. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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  6. "40. Professor Kamila Hawthorne". Pulse . 1 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  7. "Prof Kamila Hawthorne. Co-opted Trustee". Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management . Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  8. "New Year Honours: MBEs for Olympic and Paralympic stars". BBC News . 30 December 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  9. Wales, The Learned Society of. "Kamila Hawthorne". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2023.