Amanda Caroline Howe is a

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medical doctor who works as a general practitioner and is a Professor of Primary Care. She is a former President of the

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(RCGP) and a former President of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA).

Early career

She studied at the

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and

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. Since her graduation in 1984, Howe has worked as a GP. She was a partner at the Foxhill Medical Centre in

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between the years of 1984–2001. She now practises one day a week at the Bowthorpe Medical Centre in Norwich, England.

Academic medicine

In 1992, Howe became a lecturer. In 2001, as

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was being established, Howe became a Professor of Primary Care at the

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. At the RCGP, Howe was Chair of Research from 2000−2005. She was chair of the Society for Academic Primary Care from 2007–2010. She was elected RCGP Honorary Secretary in 2009. She became a vice-chair of RCGP council in 2013 and following this led on professional development, continuing her work as chairwoman of the RCGP workforce committee. In June 2013, Howe was elected as President-elect of WONCA and in 2016 became the first woman to be President of WONCA. In June 2019, she was elected president of the RCGP, taking over from

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in November 2019 for a two-year term. She is a fellow of the RCGP and the

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. She was appointed

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(OBE) in the

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for services to primary care.

References

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