TABLE 3.

Categories of ways in which supervisors understand their role in student peer learning

	Teacher	Facilitator	Stimulator	Team player
The supervisor	Teaches students who do passive learning	Takes actions that enable students to learn by doing	Steps back to allow space for students to take initiative to learn by doing	contributes to the work environment that facilitates students to become part of the team
The focus is	Teacher‐led	Student‐led	Patient‐led	Community‐led
Peer learning happens by	Multiple students being present simultaneously with one supervisor	Supervisors getting the students to do peer learning by what they say	Supervisors getting the students to do peer learning by what they do	Supervisors contributing to the ward culture of peer learning so that it happens automatically
The student is	A dependent learner	An independent learner	A caregiver, can be entrusted with clinical tasks	A future colleague, a key member of the workplace
Clinical workload	Must be alternated and balanced with supervision	can be carried out by the supervisor at the same time as supervision as they are linked.	can be shared between the students and supervisors and learning happens alongside	is shared between all staff and students on the ward and is the key component in student learning