YrAthro Kamila Hawthorne MBEyw Pennaeth y rhaglen Meddygaeth i Raddedigion ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe ac mae’n feddyg teulu yn Aberpennar. Pan darodd COVID-19 ym mis Mawrth 2020, fe wnaeth Kamila ymgynnull ei thîm er mwyn newid y broses o addysgu myfyrwyr meddygol yn gyflym ac yn ddramatig a darparu addysg ar-lein. Bu Kamila yn gweithio gyda Byrddau Iechyd Prifysgol Bae Abertawe a Hywel Dda yn sefydlu swyddi gwirfoddoli ar gyfer y myfyrwyr, ac roedd llawer ohonynt yn awyddus i helpu gyda’r argyfwng. Gan farnu bod myfyrwyr y flwyddyn olaf yn barod, cawsant gyfle i raddio dri mis yn gynnar ym mis Ebrill 2020, er mwyn iddynt allu dechrau gweithio fel meddygon iau ar unwaith. Drwy gydol hyn i gyd, mae Kamila wedi parhau i weld a gofalu am gleifion fel rhan o’i gwaith fel meddyg teulu rheng flaen.
Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBEis the Head of the Graduate Entry Medicine programme at Swansea University and a GP in Mountain Ash. When COVID-19 struck in March 2020, Kamila rallied her team to rapidly and dramatically change the medical student teaching to be delivered virtually. Kamila worked with Swansea Bay and Hywel Dda University Health Boards to set up volunteer posts for the students, many of whom were keen to help out with the crisis. Judging that the final year students were ready, they were allowed to graduate three months early in April 2020, so they could start working as junior doctors immediately. Throughout all of this, Kamila has continued to see and care for patients as part of her work as a front-line GP.