Dr Michael Sykes

Associate Professor

School: Healthcare and Nursing Sciences

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

My work seeks to enhance organisational response to audit and feedback (also known as clinical audit and clinical performance feedback). To date this has included work on national, regional and locally developed audit and feedback.

Key Publications

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A cluster randomised controlled trial, process and economic evaluation of two large-scale quality improvement interventions embedded with a national clinical audit to improve the care for young adults with type 2 diabetes (EQUIPD2): Study protocol, Sykes, M., Finch, T., Girling, M., O'Halloran, E., Medcalf-Bell, R., Foy, R. 3 Feb 2026, In: Implementation Science
Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice, Ivers, N., Yogasingam, S., Lacroix, M., Brown, K., Antony, J., Soobiah, C., Simeoni, M., Willis, T., Crawshaw, J., Antonopoulou, V., Meyer, C., Solbak, N., Murray, B., Butler, E., Lepage, S., Giltenane, M., Carter, M., Fontaine, G., Sykes, M., Halasy, M., Bazazo, A., Seaton, S., Canavan, T., Alderson, S., Reis, C., Linklater, S., Lalor, A., Fletcher, A., Gearon, E., Jenkins, H., Wallis, J., Grobler, L., Beccaria, L., Cyril, S., Rozbroj, T., Han, J., Xu, A., Wu, K., Rouleau, G., Shah, M., Konnyu, K., Colquhoun, H., Presseau, J., O'Connor, D., Lorencatto, F., Grimshaw, J. 25 Mar 2025, In: The Cochrane database of systematic reviews
Development and usability testing of a multifaceted intervention to reduce low-value injury care, Bérubé, M., Lapierre, A., Sykes, M., Grimshaw, J., Turgeon, A., Lauzier, F., Taljaard, M., Stelfox, H., Witteman, H., Berthelot, S., Mercier, É., Gonthier, C., Paquet, J., Fowler, R., Yanchar, N., Haas, B., Lessard-Bonaventure, P., Archambault, P., Gabbe, B., Guertin, J., Ouyang, Y., Moore, L. 7 Jan 2025, In: BMC Health Services Research
Exploring the content and delivery of feedback facilitation co-interventions: a systematic review, Sykes, M., Rosenberg-Yunger, Z., Quigley, M., Gupta, L., Thomas, O., Robinson, L., Caulfield, K., Ivers, N., Alderson, S. 28 May 2024, In: Implementation Science
A cluster randomised controlled trial, process and economic evaluation of quality improvement collaboratives aligned to a national audit to improve the care for people with diabetes (EQUIPD): Study protocol, Sykes, M., Copsey, B., Finch, T., Meads, D., Farrin, A., McSharry, J., Holman, N., Young, B., Berry, A., Ellis, K., Moreau, L., Willis, T., Alderson, S., Girling, M., O'Halloran, E., Foy, R. 31 Aug 2023, In: Implementation Science
Adapting a Quality Improvement Collaborative to a new national context: A co-design and feasibility study to improve dementia care in Ireland, Sykes, M., O'Mahony, L., Wiggin, D., Timmons, S. 4 Oct 2023, In: BMC Health Services Research
Evaluating the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to reduce low-value care in adults hospitalized following trauma: a protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial, Moore, L., Bérubé, M., Belcaid, A., Turgeon, A., Taljaard, M., Fowler, R., Yanchar, N., Mercier, É., Paquet, J., Stelfox, H., Archambault, P., Berthelot, S., Guertin, J., Haas, B., Ivers, N., Grimshaw, J., Lapierre, A., Ouyang, Y., Sykes, M., Witteman, H., Lessard-Bonaventure, P., Gabbe, B., Lauzier, F. 7 Jul 2023, In: Implementation Science
A commentary on the quality improvement practices in leading an organisational response to audit feedback, Sykes, M. 1 Sep 2022, In: JBI evidence implementation
Disseminating implementation science: Describing the impact of animations shared via social media, Sykes, M., Cerda, L., Cerda, J., Finch, T. 7 Jul 2022, In: PLoS One

Professional Activity

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Invited talk: Studies in England and Ireland exploring and enhancing organisational responses to national audits 2023
Invited talk: Enhancing audit through evidence, theory and stakeholder input 2022
Invited talk: Enhancing clinician response to audit and feedback 2022
Invited talk: Increasing improvement from national audit 2021

PGR Supervision

Catherine Tucker TBC Start Date: 01/03/2026
Amy Hodgkinson Enhancing diabetes behaviour change interventions with stakeholders within the third sector: a case study Start Date: 01/10/2025