Personal profile
Research 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.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Describing and enhancing audit and feedback in dementia care: An intervention development study, Newcastle University
1 Jan 2017 → 28 Feb 2021
Award Date: 17 Feb 2021
Research Methods, MRes, Newcastle University
1 Sept 2014 → 31 Aug 2015
Award Date: 6 Nov 2015
MBA, Open University Milton Keynes
Award Date: 31 Aug 2008
Psychology, BSc (Hons), Northumbria University
Award Date: 31 Aug 1994
External positions
University College Cork
1 Mar 2021 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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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. 21, 1, 12 p., 8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice
Ivers, N., Yogasingam, S., Lacroix, M., Brown, K. A., Antony, J., Soobiah, C., Simeoni, M., Willis, T. A., Crawshaw, J., Antonopoulou, V., Meyer, C., Solbak, N. M., Murray, B. J., Butler, E.-A., Lepage, S., Giltenane, M., Carter, M. D., Fontaine, G., Sykes, M. & Halasy, M. & 26 others, , 25 Mar 2025, In: The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2025, 3, 462 p., CD000259.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Development and usability testing of a multifaceted intervention to reduce low-value injury care
Bérubé, M., Lapierre, A., Sykes, M., Grimshaw, J., Turgeon, A. F., Lauzier, F., Taljaard, M., Stelfox, H. T., 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. R. & 3 others, , 7 Jan 2025, In: BMC Health Services Research. 25, 1, 15 p., 37.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 19, 1, 35 p., 37.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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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. 18, 1, 13 p., 37.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 4 Invited talk
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Studies in England and Ireland exploring and enhancing organisational responses to national audits
Sykes, M. (Speaker)
31 Jan 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Enhancing audit through evidence, theory and stakeholder input
Sykes, M. (Speaker)
19 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Enhancing clinician response to audit and feedback
Sykes, M. (Speaker)
19 Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Increasing improvement from national audit
Sykes, M. (Speaker)
3 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk