Kamila Hawthorne

Kamila Hawthorne MBE 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.

Professor

Kamila Hawthorne

MBE FRCGP FRCP FLSW
Medical career
ProfessionDoctor
FieldGeneral Practitioner
InstitutionsCardiff University School of Medicine
University of Surrey
Swansea University

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]

References
  1. "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.
  4. "Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE". University of Surrey. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. Rimmer, Abi (28 March 2017). "Five minutes with ... Kamila Hawthorne". The BMJ. 356: j1553. doi:10.1136/BMJ.J1553. PMID 28351843. S2CID 206914490.
  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.
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