Kate Grafton, Principal Lecturer

Kate Grafton

Principal Lecturer

Kate is National Teacher Fellow, Principal Lecturer and Centre for Learning and Teaching Associate. Kate is part of the team that teaches across the BSc and MSc (pre-registration) programmes with a specific interest in resilience, reflective practice and the use of games and play in healthcare education.

Kate qualified as a physiotherapist from Leeds Metropolitan University in 1997 and worked as a clinical physiotherapist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds for 15 years. Kate's clinical specialty is CVR (cardiovascular and respiratory) specifically intensive care, surgery and organ transplantation.

Kate was awarded her National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy for the innovative nature of her teaching and the impact she has had on countless healthcare students. Kate also works for The Centre for Learning and Teaching, leading the Learning Through Games and Play Network. Kate also supports and reviews colleagues to gain recognition through Advance-HE and the UKPSF and National Teaching Fellowship scheme.

Current Teaching

As principal lecturer Kate teaches across BSc (Hons) and MSc Pre-Registration Physiotherapy Programmes and contributes to the university wide education development programme.

Modules include:

  • Professional Skills for Practice
  • Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiotherapy
  • Physiology for Physiotherapists
  • Research Methods
  • Leadership in Healthcare
  • Reflective Practice
  • Assessment and Feedback good practice

Research Interests

Kates current research focuses on:

  • Learning and play in healthcare education
  • Using escape rooms
  • VR and AR
Kate Grafton, Principal Lecturer

Ask Me About

  1. Healthcare
  2. Physiology

Selected Outputs

  • GRAFTON K (2008) Rehabilitation after renal transplant.

  • Blythe J; Grafton K; Thompson K (2019) Physiotherapy Students' experience of Simulation. In: Sevdalis N eds. BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning, 10 July 2019, Leeds.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2019-heeconf.15

  • Grafton K; Milligan J (2019) Building resilience in students: 'bounce-back ability'. In: AdvanceHE Teaching & Learning Conference,, 2 July 2019 - 4 July 2019, Northumbria University.

  • Horwood K; Grafton K; Manley A (2019) Beckett Break-Ins. In: DEAP 19 Teaching Excellence & Student Outcomes, 27 June 2019, Leeds.

  • Grafton K; Aydogan C (2018) Resilience - Developing a level 4 resilience module. In: AMOSSHE - Stuent Services Conferene, 4 July 2018 - 6 July 2018, Liverpool Hilton.

  • Grafton K; Aydogan C (2018) Resilience, Resilience, Resilience. In: Developing Excellent Aademic Practice DEAP Conference 2018, 28 June 2018, Leeds Beckett University.

  • Altinors W; Folley D; Grafton KA (2017) Induction: It’s not just showing them the toilets. In: DEAP (Developing Excellent Academic Practice, 29 June 2017 - 30 June 2017, Leeds Beckett University.

  • Grafton K; Theaker C (2017) Teaching Excellence: Building Bridges National Teacher Fellow Conference. In: Building Bridges: National Teacher Fellow Conference, 10 May 2017, Leeds Beckett University.

  • Milligan J; Grafton K (2016) An exploration of students’ views of parallel teaching in pre-registration physiotherapy education. In: The 4th European Congress of the European Region of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy (ER-WCPT), 11 November 2016 - 12 November 2016, Liverpool, UK.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2016.10.376

  • Milligan J; Grafton K; Hammond JA (2016) An exploration of students´ views of parallel teaching in pre-registration physiotherapy education. In: 4th European Congress of the European Region of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy, 11 November 2016 - 12 November 2016, Liverpool.