James Wilson
Senior Lecturer in Nursing
About
James Wilson is an award-winning academic recognised for his student-focused work in nurse education and interactive theatre. As part of the inaugural team at the School of Nursing and Allied Health, he is thrilled to work with the Chichester Engagement and Advisory Group to ensure that health care practitioners are informed by people from diverse backgrounds and communities. James is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Nurse Tutor with the Nursing & Midwifery Council. As an innovator in education, he successfully applied transformative learning theory to an immersive suite of drama-based approaches that have since gained national and international recognition.
As a teaching-focused academic, he enjoys nothing more than working in partnership with students to provide opportunities for personal development and enhancing public engagement. James excels in partnership working which includes numerous charities, Further education Colleges and local authorities. He is regularly invited as a presenter with the Royal College of Nursing and at the World Congress of Psychiatry. His teaching ethos is rooted in encouraging dialogue with students by providing teaching experiences that help them find their voice about key healthcare practice debates.
In 2017, James became a National Teaching Fellow with Advance HE and in 2016 was a runner up in the Times Higher Education ‘Most Innovative Teacher of Year’.
James is a member and active contributor to the United Kingdom Advising and Tutoring Association (UKAT).
Key Publications
- Middlewick Y, Kettle TJ, Wilson JJ. Curtains up! Using forum theatre to rehearse the art of communication in healthcare education. Nurse Education in Practice. 2012 May;12(3):139-142.
- Wilson, J. and S. Walker (2017). “Turning a crisis into an interactive drama: An introductory paper of a ‘clickers theatre’ in nurse education.” Nurse Education Today 51: 109-111.
- Walker, S., & Wilson, J. (2018). Using interactive theatre in education to explore how healthcare decision-making can cause inadvertent trauma. Mental Health Practice, 21(7), 28-33.
- Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast (2018) INTERACTIVE THEATRE ENTERS THE CLASSROOM. Episode 194. https://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/interactive-theatre-enters-classroom/
- Lecture Breakers Podcast (2019) Episode 69: How to Use Digital Interactive Theatre to Break Up Your Lectures with James Wilson. https://barbihoneycutt.com/blogs/podcast/episode-69-how-to-use-digital-interactive-theatre-to-break-up-your-lectures-with-james-wilson
Research Output
Articles
Wilson, J. (2024) Commentary: The effectiveness of digital solutions in improving nurses’ and healthcare professionals’ mental well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Research in Nursing, 29 (2). pp. 110-111. ISSN 1744-988X 10.1177/17449871241232966
Muir, N. and Wilson, J. (2022) The role of the nurse in screening people with suspected dementia. Independent Nurse, 2022 (11). pp. 20-21. ISSN 2052-2843 10.12968/indn.2022.11.20
Book Sections
Wilson, J. (2023) Visualisation through participatory/interactive theatre for the health sciences. In: Biomedical Visualisation. Digital Visualisation in Biomedical Education, 1421 (16). Springer, pp. 191-203. ISBN 97830313037919 10.1007/978-3-031-30379-1_9