Amanda Howe

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Amanda Howe
NationalityBritish
OccupationGeneral Practitioner
Years active17

Amanda Caroline Howe OBE FRCGP FMedSci is a British medical doctor who works as a general practitioner and is a Professor of Primary Care. She is a former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and a former President of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA).

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Early career

She studied at the University of London and Newnham College, Cambridge. [1]

Since her graduation in 1984, Howe has worked as a GP. She was a partner at the Foxhill Medical Centre in Sheffield between the years of 1984–2001. [1] She now practises one day a week at the Bowthorpe Medical Centre in Norwich, England. [2]

Academic medicine

In 1992, Howe became a lecturer. [3] In 2001, as Norwich Medical School was being established, Howe became a Professor of Primary Care at the University of East Anglia. [2]

At the RCGP, Howe was Chair of Research from 2000−2005. [2] She was chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care from 2007–2010. [4] She was elected RCGP Honorary Secretary in 2009. [2] She became a vice-chair of RCGP council in 2013 [5] and following this led on professional development, continuing her work as chairwoman of the RCGP workforce committee. [6]

In June 2013, Howe was elected as President-elect of WONCA and in 2016 became the first woman to be President of WONCA. [7]

In June 2019, she was elected president of the RCGP, taking over from Mayur Lakhani in November 2019 for a two-year term. [8]

She is a fellow of the RCGP and the Academy of Medical Sciences. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to primary care. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Amanda Howe". University of East Anglia . Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Professor Amanda Howe, RCGP Hon Secretary, to speak in Prague". World Organization of Family Doctors (Press release). September 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Howe, Amanda (15 November 2014). "Primary care research – riding changes in the U.K." CMAJ blog . Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "About us: Governance and constitution: Leadership team". Royal College of General Practitioners . Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Roberts, Neil (22 July 2013). "RCGP council elects vice chairs". GP Magazine. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Roberts, Neil (25 October 2013). "Professor Amanda Howe: Too bright for general practice?". GP Magazine. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Professor Amanda Howe". www.rcgpac.org.uk. Royal College of General Practitioners . Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. ↑ Patel, Anviksha (3 June 2019). "RCGP appoints Amanda Howe as new president". Pulse . Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "No. 61450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2015. p. N13.
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