title: Co-supervision of doctoral students: enhancing the learning experience.
abstract: Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages and challenges of co-supervision of doctoral students, as found in the literature and from our experiences. We define co-supervision and then discuss the process in detail. Examples are based on experiences of co-supervision from faculty perspectives as well as from the point of view of a former doctoral student. We propose that the advantages of co-supervision far outweigh the challenges and should be regularly considered by seasoned academics to enhance student learning. In addition, we suggest that co-supervision is intellectually stimulating for academics.
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Joanne K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: Raisa B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Gul
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D017145:Models, Educational; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000458:organization & administration*