Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Population

Health workers; health professionals; health programme managers; clinicians; practitioners

Undergraduate students; postgraduate students and practitioners not working in a healthcare setting

Concept

Research translation and implementation skills

Capacity-building strategies including education and training, short courses, mentoring, dedicated role (e.g. knowledge broker) or resource, embedded or implementation support practitioner, or research partnerships, networks, or collaborations

General research skills; implementation strategies for specific projects with no evidence of sustained capacity or capability building strategies

Education part of tertiary qualification; not focused on building capacity or capability in health settings

Programmes or theoretical frameworks that have not yet been implemented

Context

Targeting participants or people in healthcare settings*

HICs

Universities, research centres, government, general community

Programmes and strategies implemented in low- and middle-income countries