可用于运行模拟的有限教学人员往往会导致有价值的资源，如培训设施和未充分利用的培训设备。这种备用能力提供了较差的投资回报，也导致学生的培训时间较少。重要的是，缺乏练习的机会导致学习者的实践经验太少，以增长他们的能力和信心。教学学生的方法论允许故意实践和掌握学习。
Formalized learning together with peers is an effective and efficient way of learning or practicing key skills and procedures. At a time when resources are stretched and demands upon staff are increasing, peer-to-peer learning offers students the opportunity to take advantage of a valuable resource – each other.
Peer-to-Peer Skills Development allows members of small groups to guide one another through different sets of formalized training scenarios. The scenarios are standardized, often with built-in feedback, to allow the groups of learners to practice on their own until they feel competent and confident. This is known as “Mastery Learning” or “Deliberate Practice”. Such learning is beneficial also because normally involves learners coming from the same cohort, or colleagues on a ward. It is not a substitute for teaching and activities designed and conducted by staff, but complements the teaching and learning activities and enhances the quality of overall education.
The introduction of Peer-to-Peer Skills Development utilizing SimPad at the University of Stavanger enabled simulation to be integrated into the curriculum. Implementing peer to peer simulation allowed students to train each other without a facilitator. This provided them the opportunity to train over and over again until they were confident they had mastered both the required clinical and communication skills.
