Table 1 Process evaluation systematic review inclusion criteria

Study design

Research studies including all designs, e.g., experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental designs (e.g., case study). Opinion pieces, commentaries, methodological papers, book chapters, books, dissertations, conference abstracts, protocols, and reviews will not be included.

Study criteria

The study is or includes a process evaluation of a health implementation study/project or a health research implementation/KT study that has a primary purpose of translating research into action/practice. The health (research) information disseminated must therefore be evidence-based.^a

A registered/licensed health care professional or allied health care professional (in medicine (physician, dentist), nursing, rehabilitation medicine (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology), dietetics, or pharmacy must either deliver or receive the intervention (sensu Scott et al. [26]).

A trainee health care professional (not yet licensed/registered) either delivering or receiving the intervention will be excluded if:

a. The intervention is mandatory curricula for finishing their degree/gaining licensing

b. The intervention has no licensed health care professional involved.

Outcome(s)

The process evaluation component is distinct from the primary outcomes of the KT/research implementation component if both the process evaluation and KT implementation are reported in the study. Where the paper is only reporting the process evaluation it will be considered a separate outcome.