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The Arctic Exploits of Dr. Octave Pavy
Dr. Octave Pierre Pavy served as the physician for the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881 â 84, one of two expeditions supported by the United States during the First International Polar Year. He was one of 18 members of the expedition who died at the tragic camp at Cape Sabine while awaiting a relief party. Unlike the other members of the expedition, who volunteered from frontier outposts in the American West with no Arctic experience, Pavy joined the expedition with considerable knowledge and first-hand experience in living and traveling the Arctic regions. For him, the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition was the culmination of a two-decade obsession with polar exploration and a fervent desire to make a name for himself in the far North. However, Pavyâs personality shortcomings and his long-running feud with his commander, Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely, which featured prominently in Greelyâs narrative and official reports and in subsequent published accounts, have overshadowed nearly all other aspects of Pavyâs character, as well as his accomplishments. Although those negative aspects cannot be overlooked in any assessment, a more thorough examination of Pavyâs Arctic endeavors reveals a mixed record of performance that included laudable service in his primary role as physician and also in varied tasks in support of the expeditions with which he was involved.Le Dr Octave Pierre Pavy Ă©tait le mĂ©decin de lâinfortunĂ©e expĂ©dition de la baie Lady Franklin entre 1881 et 1884, soit lâune des deux expĂ©ditions appuyĂ©es par les Ătats-Unis pendant la premiĂšre annĂ©e polaire internationale. Il faisait partie des 18 membres dâexpĂ©dition qui ont trouvĂ© la mort au tragique campement de cap Sabine en attendant la relĂšve. Contrairement aux autres membres de lâexpĂ©dition, des volontaires des fronts pionniers de lâOuest amĂ©ricain sans expĂ©rience de lâArctique, le Dr Pavy possĂ©dait beaucoup de connaissances et dâexpĂ©rience pratique en matiĂšre de vie et de dĂ©placements dans les rĂ©gions arctiques. Pour lui, lâexpĂ©dition de la baie Lady Franklin constituait le point culminant dâune obsession dâune vingtaine dâannĂ©es avec lâexploration polaire et un ardent dĂ©sir de se faire un nom dans le Grand Nord. Toutefois, les lacunes inhĂ©rentes Ă sa personnalitĂ© et sa querelle de longue date avec son capitaine, le lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely â querelle dont il est souvent question dans les textes et les rapports officiels dâAdolphus Greely et dans des rĂ©cits publiĂ©s ultĂ©rieurement â ont Ă©clipsĂ© presque tous les autres aspects du personnage de Pavy et de ses rĂ©alisations. Bien que ces aspects nĂ©gatifs ne puissent ĂȘtre nĂ©gligĂ©s, lâexamen plus poussĂ© des entreprises du Dr Pavy dans lâArctique laisse entrevoir un rendement contrastĂ©, assorti dâun service louable en tant que mĂ©decin, son rĂŽle principal, ainsi que dans le cadre des diverses tĂąches oĂč il a prĂȘtĂ© main-forte pendant les expĂ©ditions dont il a fait partie
Proceedings of the 3rd Biennial Conference of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) 2015: advancing efficient methodologies through community partnerships and team science
It is well documented that the majority of adults, children and families in need of evidence-based behavioral health interventionsi do not receive them [1, 2] and that few robust empirically supported methods for implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs) exist. The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) represents a burgeoning effort to advance the innovation and rigor of implementation research and is uniquely focused on bringing together researchers and stakeholders committed to evaluating the implementation of complex evidence-based behavioral health interventions. Through its diverse activities and membership, SIRC aims to foster the promise of implementation research to better serve the behavioral health needs of the population by identifying rigorous, relevant, and efficient strategies that successfully transfer scientific evidence to clinical knowledge for use in real world settings [3]. SIRC began as a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded conference series in 2010 (previously titled the âSeattle Implementation Research Conferenceâ; $150,000 USD for 3 conferences in 2011, 2013, and 2015) with the recognition that there were multiple researchers and stakeholdersi working in parallel on innovative implementation science projects in behavioral health, but that formal channels for communicating and collaborating with one another were relatively unavailable. There was a significant need for a forum within which implementation researchers and stakeholders could learn from one another, refine approaches to science and practice, and develop an implementation research agenda using common measures, methods, and research principles to improve both the frequency and quality with which behavioral health treatment implementation is evaluated. SIRCâs membership growth is a testament to this identified need with more than 1000 members from 2011 to the present.ii SIRCâs primary objectives are to: (1) foster communication and collaboration across diverse groups, including implementation researchers, intermediariesi, as well as community stakeholders (SIRC uses the term âEBP championsâ for these groups) â and to do so across multiple career levels (e.g., students, early career faculty, established investigators); and (2) enhance and disseminate rigorous measures and methodologies for implementing EBPs and evaluating EBP implementation efforts. These objectives are well aligned with Glasgow and colleaguesâ [4] five core tenets deemed critical for advancing implementation science: collaboration, efficiency and speed, rigor and relevance, improved capacity, and cumulative knowledge. SIRC advances these objectives and tenets through in-person conferences, which bring together multidisciplinary implementation researchers and those implementing evidence-based behavioral health interventions in the community to share their work and create professional connections and collaborations