Power in the supervisory relationship – here referring to the ability of supervisors to influence a change in providers’ practice – has long been explored in the management sciences.10,11,12,13 The forms of power applied by a supervisor will shape the supervisory relationship. In French and Raven’s classical model, power may be exerted through a mutually accepted right of the supervisor to require certain tasks of a health provider.13 This is legitimised by the supervisor’s professional and hierarchical position.