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DrFlavia Restitutti

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Lecturer/Assistant Professor

School of Veterinary Medicine

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  • Lecturer/Assistant Professor
    School of Veterinary Medicine
  • 0896064742
  • University College Dublin, School of Veterinary Medicine

BIO

Flavia Restitutti is an Assistant Lecturer in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Originally from Brazil, she graduated in 2003 at Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL). Following her graduation, she pursuited a 2-year training in veterinary anaesthesia at Universidade Estadual Paulista in Botucatu. From there, she left her home country to pursue a PhD in veterinary pharmacology at the Univeristy of Helsinki, where she was involved in multipe research projects. 
After her PhD, she did an ECVAA residency at Univeristy of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria followed by an Associate Professor position at St. George's University in Grenada before landing at UCD. 
Flavia currently is the module coordinator for the Anaesthesia for Vet Nurses and also teaches anaesthesia for veterinary students and currently supervises one DVMS student and co-supervises other two. 

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS

  • Assistant Professor
    University College Dublin, Equine Clinical Studies, Diagnostic Imaging & Anaesthesia, Dublin, IrelandAug 2022

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    St. George's University, SAMS, Saint George's, GrenadaAug 2019 - May 2022
  • Assistant Lecturer (substitute)
    University of Helsinki, FinlandJun 2009 - Aug 2010
  • Research Assistant
    University of Helsinki, Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Helsinki, FinlandMay 2009 - May 2011

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Freelancer
    Restitutti tmi, Helsinki, FinlandJan 2013 - Mar 2015

DEGREES

  • DVM
    Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)
  • PhD
    University of HelsinkiFinland

CERTIFICATIONS

  • UCD T&L ‘Teaching in Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces’ digital badge
    National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education3 Jul 2026
    his UCD T&L ‘Teaching in Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces’ digital badge is a short non-credit bearing professional development opportunity to enhance the design and implementation of teaching in UCD Active Learning Environments (ALE) spaces, including the new UCD O’Connor Centre for Learning. It also aims to support and prepare students for learning in these spaces. The badge is supported by the UCD T&L Teaching in Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces web-page resources (UCD T&L, 2026). The time commitment for the digital badge is approx. 25 hours in total (including all activities). The digital badge is facilitated and awarded by UCD Teaching & Learning, the badge is electronically held in the National Forum Open Badge Factory, but note it is not a ‘National Forum Open Course Badge’ The badge, for UCD staff only, is aimed at those who teach in these spaces which includes for example, UCD Faculty, academic staff, tutors, demonstrators, professional staff who teach. Reference UCD T&L (2026) Teaching in Active and Collaborative Learning Spaces, UCD Dublin: https://www.ucd.ie/teaching/resources/teachingtoolkit/activecollaborativelearning/ Criteria for earning the badge 1. To describe the value and challenges of active and collaborative learning, as evidenced by the literature. 2. To discuss, with peers, a range of active and collaborative methods that support student learning in the ALE, i.e. think-pair-share, peer review, debates, group discussion, group work, debates, interactive in-class polls/quizzes, etc. 3. To critique the ‘grand’ learning designs, (i.e. problem, project, enquiry/research, case based learning) and how activity in the ALE space is aligned with learning pre and post this experience, i.e. blended, flipped learning designs 4. To critically reflect on how you could design and implement one/two methods for more active and collaborative student learning in your discipline, in particular how you would support and prepare students To earn the badge, participants must complete the four learning outcomes/criteria (above) through: - participating in the 3 hour workshop or equivalent and - participating in all discussion forums in the workshop and - submitting a completed session plan template by the final deadline

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Residency in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
    University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, AustriaJun 2016 - Jun 2019
    ResidencySupervised by Rocchi A
  • Specialization in Veterinary Anesthesiology
    Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Botucatu, Brazil19 Jun 2004 - 9 Apr 2006
    Other
  • Residencia em Anestesiologia Veterinaria
    Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Botucatu, BrazilMar 2005 - Feb 2007
    Internship

LANGUAGES

  • Portuguese
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish - Latin American
    Can read and understand
  • German
    Can read