Table 1 Inclusion criteria template and associated inclusion definitions

Population (graduate students/trainees)

Documents must include:

(a) Acknowledgement that the document can be used by “trainees” including graduate students or postdoctoral researcher trainees

(b) Can include documents that note the resource is for “researchers” if there is a definition including trainees defined in that title

Concept (a guide for graduate students/ trainees to engage in IKT research)

Type of “documents” to include:

(a) The document must provide guidance specific to trainees in engaging in an IKT approach (or any other collaborative research approach) to research

(b) Documents can be in any format such as (i) a paper, (ii) a resource or (iii) a guideline, as long as the source is providing a guide

(c) Guide is defined as providing steps, knowledge or instruction on how to engage in an IKT approach to research

Context (health research programme)

Document must be designed for supporting IKT (or other collaborative research approaches) in a health research programme