Wilson, Dr. Erin
PhD (UNBC), MSN (UBC), BN (University of Manitoba)
Biography
Dr. Erin Wilson is a family nurse practitioner, rural health researcher and educator with a background in rural and remote practice. Erin currently works in the School of Nursing as an Associate Professor and Coordinator for the graduate nursing program. She holds an interdisciplinary PhD in Health Sciences and works clinically as part of a rural interprofessional primary care team. Her research program focuses on strengthening rural health systems through partnered approaches to support delivery of high quality team-based primary health care in rural communities. Erin is active in provincial and national networks committed to nursing education and practice, she has published and presented nationally and internationally on topics related to team-based primary health care, the role of NPs, and promoting equity-oriented care.
Research and expertise
Dr. Wilson is interested in connecting clinical practice to the broader organizational environment to help shift processes, systems or structures to improve delivery of high quality primary health care. She is dedicated to supporting excellent nursing practice in rural settings through:
- supporting integration of NPs in the health system
- advancing understanding of interprofessional team-based care, including virtual teams
- engaging patients and decision-makers in partnered research
- examining practices through interpretive approaches
- promoting equity-oriented approaches in health care settings
- Health
- Health and Well-being
- Integrated Knowledge Translation
- Rural Health Services
- English
Selected publications
Lavergne MR, Easley J, Grudniewicz A, … Wilson, E. (2025). Changing primary care capacity in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study. BMJ Open 2025;15:e099302. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099302
Browne A.J., Varcoe C., Ford-Gilboe M., Wathen C.N., Wilson E., Bungay V., & Perrin, N. (2024). Using a health equity lens to measure patient experiences of care in diverse health care settings. PLOS ONE 19(6): e0297721. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297721
MacLeod, M., McCaffery, G., Wilson, E., Zimmer, L., Snadden, D., Zimmer, P., Jónatansdóttir, S., Fyfe, T., Koopmans, E., Ulrich, C., & Graham, I. (2023). Exploring the intersection of hermeneutics and implementation: A scoping review. BMC Systematic Reviews 12, 30: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02176-7
Varcoe, C., Browne, A., Bungay, V., Perrin, N., Wilson, E., Wathen, N., Byres, D., Price, R. (2022) Through an equity lens: Illuminating the relationships among social inequities, stigma and discrimination, and patient experiences of Emergency health care. International Journal of Health Services 52(2): 246-60.
Varcoe, C., Browne, A. J., Perrin, N., Wilson, E., Bungay, V., Byres, D., Wathen, N., Stones, C., Liao, C., Price, R. (2022). EQUIP Emergency: Can interventions to reduce racism, discrimination and stigma in EDs improve outcomes? BMC Health Services Research 22, 1113. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08475-4
McCaffrey G., Wilson E., Jonatansdottir S., et al. But is It Hermeneutic Enough?: Reading for Methodological Salience in a Scoping Review of Hermeneutics and Implementation Science. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. January 2022. doi:10.1177/16094069211070408
Thomas, K., Browne, A.J., Jiao, S., Dooner, C., Wright, P., Slemon, A., Diederich, J., Wathen, C. N., Bungay, V., Wilson, E., Varcoe, C. Media Framing of Emergency Departments: A Call to Action for Nurses and Other Health Care Providers. BMC Nurs 20, 118 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00606-2
Wilson, E., Pammett, R., McKenzie, F., & Bourque, H. (2021). Engagement of nurse practitioners in primary health care in northern British Columbia: A mixed-methods study. CMAJO 9(1), E288-E294. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200075
Martin-Misener, R., MacLeod, M. L. P., Wilson, E., Kosteniuk, J., Penz, K., Stewart, N. J., Olynick, J., & Karunanayake, C. (2020). The mosaic of primary care nurses in rural and remote Canada: Results from a national survey. Healthcare Policy 15(3), 63-75. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2020.26130