Dr Stallworthy has a clinical diploma in palliative medicine from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). She authored the advance care planning section of the 2013 ANZSN renal supportive care guidelines. Dr Stallworthy has been teaching communication skills to post-graduate health care professionals since 2013, initially with the New Zealand Advance Care Planning Cooperative and more recently on the CSI-Nephro and RACP palliative care communications skills courses. She has been running a clinic for people with stage 5 chronic kidney disease who are not having dialysis since mid-2014.