Paolo Gardois BA (Hons), MSc

School of Health and Related Research
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Biography

I graduated in Philosophy at the University of Turin (Italy) in 1997. I subsequently worked as an information professional at the University of Turin for ten years and obtained my MSc in International Information Studies from the Universities of Northumbria and Parma in 2008.

I joined the University of Sheffield at the end of 2009 as a PhD student and upgraded from MPhil to PhD in 2010 with a research project named 'Does a social marketing campaign enhance ethnic communities' decision making when a stroke is witnessed? A qualitative analysis of knowledge translation and utilization through social networks'.

Research Interests

Social networks, web 2.0, information utilization in communities, role of information professionals in supporting research activities, evidence-based practice.

Teaching Interests

Research methods.

Key Publications

Gardois P, et al.
Effectiveness of bibliographic searches perfomed by paediatric residents and interns assisted by librarians. A randomized controlled trial.
(2011) Health Information and Libraries Journal. 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00957.x

Gardois P, et al.
Assessing the efficacy of EBM teaching in a clinical setting.
HYpothesis (2005) Spring 19(1):1,8.

Gardois P.
Collaborative behaviour of clinicians and medical researchers in information retrieval, management and knowledge production.
(2011) ISHIMR, Zurich, September 8-9 2011.

Gardois P, Colombi N, Grillo G, Lingua C, Villanacci MC.
Delivering information and knowledge related services to networks of users in academic and health care contexts: a review of the literature to identify best practices.
(2011) EBLIP6, Salford, UK: 28-30 June.