Kate recently joined the academic team at Monash University in 2019. Kate graduated in Occupational Therapy from LaTrobe University in 2008. Her main areas of clinical work were in sub-acute care within trauma/burns and aged care populations. She graduated with a Masters in Public Health in 2014 where her major thesis was exploring the patients’ perspective on discharge planning from sub-acute care. She is currently completing her PhD in creating a criteria for discharge-readiness from sub-acute care, incorporating the perspectives of all stakeholders. Her research interests include discharge planning, clinical reasoning and shared decision making and health literacy.