New RCGP chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne on tackling the challenges facing general practice

<p>This week Emma speaks to new RCGP chair Professor Kamila Hawthorne. Professor Hawthorne takes over as college chair from Professor Martin Marshall this week – on 19 November – so this is one of her first interviews in the role.</p><br><p>Professor Hawthorne has been a GP for 34 years and practises in South Wales. She is a professor and head of graduate entry medicine at the University of Swansea - a role she has been seconded from for her three-year term as RCGP chair - and also a Bevan commissioner.</p><br><p>She has been heavily involved with the college for many years and was vice chair from 2015 to 2018 when she was responsible for professional development.</p><br><p>During this conversation Professor Hawthorne explains why she decided to become a GP, what her key priorities will be in her first year as chair in her first year in the post and what she hopes to achieve over her full three-year term.</p><br><p>With a background in medical education she also talks about how she feels medical education needs to change to develop the doctors of the future, one of her research areas of interest - health inequalities - and whether she feels positive about the future of the profession.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.gponline.com/home-office-look-umbrella-bodies-sponsoring-img-gps-remain-uk/article/1804567" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Home Office to look at 'umbrella bodies' sponsoring IMG GPs to remain in UK</a></p><p><a href="https://www.rcgp.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Royal College of GPs website</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>