Melanie Willson

(She, Her, Hers)

Assistant Professor of Teaching

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

Research Summary

Active learning; perinatal and childbearing families health; lactation; clinical education; BSN curriculum.

Courses & Teaching

Recent Courses Taught:
NRSG 228: Community Health
NRSG 320: Global Health
NRSG 439: Global Health Practicum (Rural and Remote)
NRSG 597: Healthcare Capstone Practicum
SONNC 0003 & 0004: Case Management and Care Coordination for Primary Care Nursing (non-credit micro-credential)

Supervisory Eligibility:
MSN (thesis) co-supervisor or committee member (pending approval by the School of Nursing Graduate Program and College of Graduate Studies)
MSN (course work) Capstone Faculty Facilitator

Graduate Supervision (last 5 years)
MSN Capstone Faculty Facilitator:
Hall, S. (2025 in progress)
Snider, R. (2023)
Gunther, T. (2022)
Mercer, L. (2021)

Biography

My 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
BSN, University of British Columbia
Perinatal specialty, British Columbia Institute of Technology

Selected Publications & Presentations

Campbell, S. H., Bernardes, N., Tharmaratnam, T., Willson, M., Krebs, C., Campbell, K., Brophy, M., & Silva, G. O. (2024). Effectiveness of interprofessional development of foundational lactation open education resources. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 95, 101603. https://10.1016/j.ecns.2024.101603

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 

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 

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

Open access online lactation modules:

 

Selected Grants & Awards

Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations Fund, 2024/25, Academic Integrity in the Disciplines

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

Professional Services/Affiliations/Committees

    • Canadian Certified Nurse Educator

 

 

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