In this months episode, Professor Lynn Monrouxe speaks to A/Prof Gillian Nisbet from The University of Sydney and Tanya Thompson from South Western Sydney LHD about their collaborative study "From burden to benefit: a multi-site study of the impact of allied health work-based learning placements on patient care quality". Tanya and Gillian speak about their collaborative partnership approach, and whether the quality of patient care was enhanced when services were re-designed in this way. They discuss their findings, providing preliminary evidence towards improved patient care when a partnering approach is adopted which shifts the associated narrative from students as additional burden to students as benefit.