Kate Harkin has over 20 years’ experience in managing upper limb injuries. She has been a full member of the AHTA since 1995 and has served on the National Executive. Kate has lectured both in Australia and overseas and was a 1997 Churchill Fellow. She undertook a six month training fellowship in hand therapy in centres of excellence in the USA.
She has also undertaken post graduate studies in hand therapy through Curtin University (WA) and has been involved in research on tendon injuries. She is published in the American Journal of Hand Therapy on ‘Compliance to Hand Therapy Programs’. Kate established the EKCO Hand Therapy Unit 20 years ago.