Table 5.

Content of existing AHPRFs and how they map against consolidated framework categories

Consolidated Framework themes		Integrated workforce framework [45]	RCN Competency Framework for Clinical Research Nurses [42]	Harmonized Core Competency Framework [43]	Vitae Researcher Development Framework [55]	Clinical Academic Careers Pathway Capability Framework [56]	NHS National job profile: Allied Health Professionals (Clinical Researcher) [57]	Health Services & Policy Research Enriched Core Competencies [51]	SPOR Capacity development framework [52]	CSP Physiotherapy Framework [53]	Advanced practice in physiotherapy [54]	RPS Research Evidence and Evaluation Toolkit (REET) [36]	Dietitians and Research: A Knowledge and Skills Framework [60]	Speech & Language Therapists working in Consultant Roles [61]	Education and Career Framework for the Radiography Workforce [62]	Career Framework Guide: Prosthetics & Orthotics [63]	Post Registration – Paramedic Career Framework [64]	Career Development Framework: Guiding Principles for Occupational Therapy [65]	East Sussex Research Escalator Tool [66]	RES earch Self-Assessment Tool (RESSAT) [67]
1.	Research methodology & methods	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
2.	Research strategy & planning	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3.	Research delivery	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
4.	Research management & leadership	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
5.	Research education & training		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓					✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
6.	Working with others & collaborating in research	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
7.	Research-informed Practice, Dissemination and Impact	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
8.	Own career development				✓	✓	✓			✓	✓