Melanie Willson

(She, Her, Hers)

Assistant Professor of Teaching

School of Nursing
Other Titles: Acting Assistant Director
Office: ART 337
Phone: 250-807-8468
Email: melanie.willson@ubc.ca

Research Summary

Active learning; perinatal and childbearing families health; lactation; clinical education; remediation in clinical practice.

Courses & Teaching

Teaching in 2023-24
NRSG 228: Community Health
NRSG 439: Global Health Practicum (Rural & Remote)
NRSG 597: Healthcare Capstone Practicum

Biography

I have been teaching nursing since 2010. I taught at North Island College in the Comox Valley and am grateful to have joined the school of nursing at UBCO in 2014.

My previous clinical nursing practice includes perinatal, pediatrics, medical and surgical acute care in a rural hospital; perinatal care in tertiary care hospitals in Canada and the United States; urban public health nursing; and prenatal teaching.

My volunteer work and graduate studies have been in community health and social policy with a broad exploration of rural community development, community planning, food security, municipal policy, and harm reduction.

Degrees

MPH (Social Policy), University of Victoria, 2016
BSN, University of British Columbia 2001
Perinatal specialty, British Columbia Institute of Technology 2001

Selected Publications & Presentations

Open access online lactation modules:

Reekie, M., de Bosch Kemper, N., Denison, J., Willson, M. & Moralejo, L. (2023). Learning pathways: Levelling, scaffolding & mapping curriculum. Journal of Professional Nursing, 46, 163-167. https://10.1016/j.profnurs.2023.03.006 

Epp, S., Reekie, M., Denison, J., de Bosch Kemper, N., Willson, M. & Marck, P. (2022). An innovative leap: Embracing new pedagogical approaches for clinical education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 42, 168-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.07.005 

Epp, S., Reekie, M., Denison, J., de Bosch Kemper, N., Willson, M. & Marck, P. (2021). Radical transformation: Embracing constructivism and pedagogy for an innovative nursing curriculum. Journal of Professional Nursing, 37(5), 804-809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.06.007

Willson, M., Campbell, S. H., Bernardes, N., Tharmaratnam, T., & Brophy, M. (2022). Virtual learning with interprofessional lactation open-access modules during the pandemic/Apprentissage virtuel avec des modules interprofessionnels en accès libre en lactation pendant la pandémie. Notes on Nursing Scholarship, 6, 13-16. https://www.casn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Notes-on-Nursing-Scholarship-6th-Edition-2022-REV.pdf 

Selected Grants & Awards

Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, 2019/20, $47,079 Interprofessional Lactation Module for Health Sciences- IP Lactation

Professional Services/Affiliations/Committees

 

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