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These case studies were commissioned in 2001 by the Department of Health with the understanding that their evaluated findings would be disseminated to ensure wider application. Three of the case studies concentrate on practice learning using different approaches, and the fourth on restructuring of all health and social care curricula to allow for integration. The juxtaposition of these different approaches enables comparisons between them. The case studies are put into context by Hugh Barr who eloquently describes the changes in professional education policies and structures in the UK over the last 10 years, untangling the new from the old names and processes of the many regulatory bodies as well as reminding the reader of the distinction between ‘common learning’ and ‘interprofessional learning’.