Carolina Silva

Investigator and Staff Pediatric Endocrinologist, BC Children's Hospital

Academic Affiliations

Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Research Theme

Evidence to Innovation

Research Group

Diabetes

Research Areas

Delivery of Health Care

Diabetes Type 1

Diabetes in Children and Teens

Health Literacy

Medical Education

Telehealth

Contact

carolina.silva@cw.bc.ca

Mailing Address

4500 Oak Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6H 3N1

Overview: My academic work focuses on type 1 diabetes in children and youth, and specifically, education in this area. My current projects aim to leverage technology to improve delivery of care, and the experience and health outcomes of children and youth living with diabetes and their families.
I am evaluating the implementation LearnDiabetes, a novel multimedia platform that provides easy-to-understand education and training for families living with diabetes throughout their journey. This is intended to complement traditional diabetes teaching. We are looking at the impact of this platform in both clinical and patient-reported outcomes, as well as families and educators’ perspectives and experience using it.
I am working on the development and evaluation of a virtual community of practice for providers caring for children and youth with T1D across British Columbia, using the ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) model. Additionally, I will be assessing the educational needs of pediatric residents and community healthcare providers in our province around Type 1 diabetes, as well as ways to support them in meeting their learning goals.
I also have a clinical interest in the care of transgender youth. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we assessed the usability of virtual visits for gender-affirming care.
Publications: Overcoming Limited Access to Virus Infection Rapid Testing: Development of a Lateral Flow Test for SARS-CoV-2 with Locally Available Resources
Biosensors
DOI: 10.3390/bios14090416
2024
Telemedicine for the Provision of Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
Telemedicine for Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care: A Case-based Guide
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55760-6_11
2024
Canalization of growth between 2 and 5 years of age in apparently healthy children with short stature at age 2 years
Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria
Eymann, A. and Silva, C. and Carozza Colombini, M.N. and Kuspiel, M.F. and Puga, M.C. and Guglielmino, M. and Alonso, G.
DOI: 10.5546/aap.2022-02567.eng
2023
Autonomy in entrustable professional activities after the COVID-19 pandemic: The perspectives of residents and teachers,Autonomía en actividades profesionales confiables luego de la pandemia por COVID-19: perspectivas de residentes y docentes
Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria
Eymann, A. and Silva, C. and Soto P{\'e}rez, A.R. and Arana, B. and Franco, C. and Zapata, A. and Ladenheim, R.
DOI: 10.5546/aap.2023-02996
2023
Vitamin D Toxicity from an Unusual and Unexpected Source: A Report of 2 Cases
Hormone Research in Paediatrics
Silva, C. and Fung, A.W.S. and Masson, V. and Assen, K. and Ward, V. and McKenzie, J. and Blydt-Hansen, T.D. and Cosme, J. and Van Der Gugten, G. and Barakauskas, V.E. and Fox, D.A.
DOI: 10.1159/000526755
2023
The use of CGM to identify hypoglycemia and glycemic patterns in congenital hyperinsulinism
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2023-0289
2023
Diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in children: A survey among pediatric endocrinologists in North America
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
Silva, C. and Patel, T.J. and Lam, C.
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2022-0444
2023
Erratum: Diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency in children: A survey among pediatric endocrinologists in North America (Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2022-0444)
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
Silva, C. and Patel, T. and Lam, C.
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2023-0205
2023
Anthropometric Measurements and Laboratory Investigations in Children and Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Silva, C. and Zhang, Q. and Bone, J.N. and Amed, S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.04.003
2022
Usability of virtual visits for the routine clinical care of trans youth during the covid-19 pandemic: Youth and caregiver perspectives
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Silva, C. and Fung, A. and Irvine, M.A. and Ziabakhsh, S. and Hursh, B.E.
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111321
2021
Educational program on continuous quality improvement for pediatric residents.
Archivos argentinos de pediatria
DOI: 10.5546/aap.2020.eng.286
PubMed: 32677800
08/2020
Recording of overweight and obesity as a health problem by primary care pediatricians in an electronic medical record.
Archivos argentinos de pediatria
DOI: 10.5546/aap.2020.eng.132
PubMed: 32199050
04/2020
On the need for supervision of the entrants to medical residences,Consideraciones sobre la necesidad de supervisión a los ingresantes a las residencias médicas
Medicina (Argentina)
Silva, C. and Colombini, M.N.C. and Passarela, M.L. and Eymann, A. and Llera, J.
2019
Specific Nutritional Supplement (Supportan) in the Supportive Care of the Radio-Chemotherapy Treatment of Head and Neck Cancers: Biochemical Parameters. Preliminary Study
Endocrine‚ Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets
Octavio Casbarien and Pablo Cresta and Carolina Silva and Maria Feliu and Alejandra Badia and Norberto Delgado and Alfredo Navigante and Nora Slobodianik
DOI: 10.2174/1871530313666131122151325
02/2014
Effects of high-fat diets from different sources on serum and thymus lipid profile: study in an experimental model.
Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets
DOI: 10.2174/1871530314666140519160607
PubMed: 24846308
01/2014
Diets with different lipid sources: Their effect on fatty acid serum profile of the rat,Dietas con diferentes fuentes lipídicas: Su efecto en el perfil de ácidos grasos séricos de la rata
Revista Chilena de Nutricion
Perris, P.D. and Silva, C. and Fern{\'a}ndez, I. and Mambrin, M.C. and Slobodianik, N.H. and Feliu, M.S.
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-75182014000300010
2014
Research: Evaluating the use of a multimedia education platform for families living with Type 1 diabetes
Education is a cornerstone of diabetes care, throughout each patient and family’s journey. LearnDiabetes is a novel multimedia platform that provides easy-to-understand education and training for families living with diabetes, designed to complement traditional teaching. We aim to describe the implementation of LearnDiabetes, assess the experience of families and healthcare providers, and its impact on workflow efficiency, clinical and family-reported outcomes.
Increasing capacity and support for pediatric diabetes providers across British Columbia
We know that receiving diabetes care close to home has several important benefits. In order to be able to provide high-quality care, pediatricians, pediatric endocrinologists and diabetes educators in the community need support. ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a technology-enabled knowledge-sharing network, in which academic and community-based providers share their experiences, advice and clinical mentoring with an “all teach, all learn” approach. We will work on developing this community of practice for pediatric diabetes and will collaborate with providers across the province to do this, ensuring that this project is informed by their needs and continues to adapt to meet these.

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