A discussion on BEME guide 46: ‘Workplace Learning through Collaboration in Primary Healthcare: A BEME Realist Review of What Works, for Whom, and in What Circumstances’. Morris Gordon is once again joined by Elaine Hill at the University of Central Lancashire to discuss this published BEME realist review. We are pleased to bring you a recording of the short communication presentation that was delivered by Peter Pype , lead author on the review, as well as retrospective thoughts on realist review. We would suggest reviewing BEME podcast number 2 and this review in full is available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0142159X.2017.1390216