This report describes a conference held towards the end of a programme of study set up to identify the learning needs of clinician and the organisational changes required if patients' information needs are to be fulfilled. Prior to this conference, clinicians had been surveyed to identify learning needs and organisational changes that would help in meeting patients' information needs as perceived by clinicians, and work had also started on the development of seminars and discussion groups for students and a model for self-identification of learning needs. The conference was designed as part of the development and dissemination phase of the study and provided an opportunity to present the findings of, and issues raised by, the study to a multi-professional audience, along with presentations offering complementary information and perspectives.