Rate My Professor Susan Bidwell

Bidwell specializes in qualitative research within public health, focusing on primary health care delivery, Māori patient experiences, community pharmacy practices, and healthcare responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her key publications include Hapuku, A., McKerchar, C., Bidwell, S., & Thompson, L. (2025). Māori navigating gut symptoms: “I mean, who gets cramp that often in their puku?” MAI Journal, 14(2), 152-163; Harris, C., Bidwell, S., Hudson, B., Patu, M., McKerchar, C., & Al-Busaidi, I. S. (2025). Te hāpai i te mana wāhine, te takahi i te mana wāhine: Māori women's experiences of empowerment and disempowerment in sexual and reproductive healthcare. Journal of Primary Health Care, 17(2), 154-160; McKerchar, C., Thompson, L., Bidwell, S., & Hapuku, A. (2023). Normal or diseased? Navigating indeterminate gut behaviour. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(4), 350-357; Hudson, B., Walmsley, M., Bidwell, S., & Kennedy, L. (2024). Intercontinental translatability of a peer-led GP education model from New Zealand to the United Kingdom: A pilot study. BJGP Open, 8(3); Bidwell, S., & Thompson, L. (2015). Space, time, and emotion in the community pharmacy. Health & Place, 34, 251-256; Seaton, P., & Bidwell, S. (2022). The COVID-19 pandemic: Analysing nursing risk, care and careerscapes. Nursing Inquiry, 29(3), e12468. With 26 publications and 266 citations, her work informs culturally responsive health services in New Zealand.