Table 1.

Study characteristics

Study	Study design	Described role or impact?	Participants description	Geographical location	Participant no.	Nature of research position role in study
						Location/Setting of role	Profession of role	Provided support to	Funding of role	Duration of role
Davila et al, 2006 [25]	Descriptive case study	Role	Psychologist	Boston USA	1 research facilitator position	Academically affiliated medical centre	Psychologist	psychology, psychiatry, pulmonology, primary care	Grant funded	6 years plus
Hulcombe et al.,2014 [11]	Descriptive case study	Role	Early career researchers to professors across AHPs	Queensland, Australia	21 positions across 8 health services.	Queensland government health services	Variable AHPs	AHPs	3 of 21 positions funded by government, others co-funded with universities	unclear
Janssen et al., 2013 [15]	Mixed methods	Role & impact	Physios	New Zealand	22 physios, 3 managers, 1 research facilitator	Rehabilitation hospital	Physio	Physios and their managers	Burwood academy of independent living and University of Otago	1 year full time
Perry et al., 2008 [14]	Mixed methods	Role & impact	Nurses, midwives, AHPs and managers	London, UK	98 completed questionnaires, 19 senior managers interviewed	East London NHS Trust	Nurse	Nurses, AHPs	Local funding	5 years, full time
Ried et al., 2007 [9, 16]	Mixed methods	Role & Impact	AHPs	Adelaide, South Australia	3 research fellows	Primary health care	unclear	not clear - fellowship for personal research	Government funding	0.2-0.5 FTE for 1 year
Reid et al., 2011 [24]	Descriptive case study	Role	radiographers, undergraduates, registrars, radiologists	Norfolk, UK	unclear	University teaching hospital	Radiographer	radiology department	Government funding	5 years
Whitworth et al., 2012 [26]	Descriptive case study	Role	SLPs	North East England	unclear	Primary care NHS North of Tyne area	unclear	SLPs	Partnership between university and NHS	1 year (initially)
Williams et al., 2015 [18]	Observational (cross sectional survey)	Impact	AHPs	Victoria, Australia	520 completed surveys	Victorian health care	20 different AHP	AHPs	unclear	unclear

Physio physiotherapist, SLP speech-language pathologist, FTE Full time equivalent, AHP allied health professional, NHS National Health Service