Dr Latika Samalia

2026

Journal - Research Article

Prasad, R. R., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2026). Ethnic differences in academic stress and learning preferences in anatomy between Pasifika and Pākehā students. AlterNative. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/11771801251405563

2025

Journal - Research Article

Fakapulia, I. F., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2025). The lived experience of Pasifika anatomy students living in Ōtepoti and studying at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka. MAI Journal, 14(2), 177-188. doi: 10.20507/MAIJournal.2025.14.2.2

Uhi, S. F., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2025). The sustained association between high school background and the academic performance of Pasifika and New Zealand European Anatomy students at the University of Otago. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40841-025-00394-2

Time, W. S., Fakapulia, I. F., Young, C. D., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2025). Differences in academic confidence, assessment preferences, and perception of anatomy learning between Pasifika and New Zealand European students at the University of Otago. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40841-025-00407-0

Time, W. S., Fakapulia, I. F., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2025). The relationship between academic stress, sleep quality, and psychological wellbeing in Pasifika and New Zealand European students at the University of Otago. Journal of Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities, 12, 2221-2231. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-02043-8

Journal - Research Other

Fakapulia, I. F., Çakmak, Y. Ö., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2025). Comparison of visual attention to anatomical images between New Zealand European and Pasifika anatomy students. Medical Science Educator. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s40670-025-02425-5

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Samalia, L., Uhi, S. F., & Wibowo, E. (2025). Is high school background associated with the academic performance of Pasifika and New Zealand European anatomy students at the University of Otago? Anatomical Sciences Education, 18(2), (pp. 219). doi: 10.1002/ase.2554

Prasad, R., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2025). Comparison of learning strategies for anatomy courses among Pasifika and New Zealand European students at the University of Otago. Anatomical Sciences Education, 18(2), (pp. 216-217). doi: 10.1002/ase.2554

2024

Journal - Research Article

Fakapulia, I. F., Time, W. S., TuiSamoa, G., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2024). Does religiosity play a role in anatomy learning? Perspectives from Pasifika students at the University of Otago. Anatomical Sciences Education, 17, 1537-1543. doi: 10.1002/ase.2380

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Fakapulia, I., Cakmak, Y., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2024). A comparison of Pasifika and New Zealand European students' visual attention to anatomical images. Anatomical Sciences Education, 17(S1). doi: 10.1002/ase.2470

2023

Journal - Research Article

Time, W. S., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2023). Anatomical sciences education needs to promote academic excellence of ethnic minority students: Evidence from Pasifika students at the University of Otago. Anatomical Sciences Education, 16, 1011-1023. doi: 10.1002/ase.2319

Fakapulia, I. F., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2023). Social factors are associated with academic stress in Pasifika students at the University of Otago. Waikato Journal of Education, 28(1), 125-139. doi: 10.15663/wje.v28i1.1040

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Dassanayake, S., Dias, G., & Samalia, L. (2023). Common carotid artery tortuosity: A report of two cases observed in cadaveric dissections. Proceedings of the 10th Asia Pacific International Congress of Anatomists (APICA) and the 20th Australian & New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA) Conference: Reconnect, Ka Mua, Ka Muri. Retrieved from https://apica2023.com

Time, W. S., Fakapulia, I. F., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2023). Difference in perception of learning regional anatomy between Pasifika and New Zealand European students. Proceedings of the 10th Asia Pacific International Congress of Anatomists (APICA) and the 20th Australian & New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomists (ANZACA) Conference: Reconnect, Ka Mua, Ka Muri. Retrieved from https://apica2023.com

Time, W. S., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2023). Ethnic inequity in academic outcomes at the University of Otago: A 5-year review of academic performance of Pasifika and New Zealand European anatomy students. In T. Milne, M. Anwar, L. Burga, H. Harcombe, M. Garelja, A. Middleton, D. C. Ribeiro, N. Fleming, K. Ogbuehi & A. Bahn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 265th Otago Medical School Research Society (OMSRS) Meeting: Summer Student Speaker Awards. Dunedin, New Zealand: OMSRS. Retrieved from https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/12839

2022

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Fakapulia, I. F., Samalia, L., & Wibowo, E. (2022). Lifestyle, social, and academic factors are associated with academic stress in Pasifika anatomy students. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1557), (pp. 104). Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

2020

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Samalia, L., & Perumal, V. (2020). Hands-on ultrasound for living anatomy: A 5-year trial in clinical anatomy teaching at University of Otago, New Zealand. Clinical Anatomy, 33(2), (pp. E18). doi: 10.1002/ca.23370

2015

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Samalia, L., & Neuman, F. (2015). In-house model construction for clinical anatomy teaching. Clinical Anatomy, 28(7), (pp. 948-949). doi: 10.1002/ca.22520

2013

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Samalia, L., Smith, C., Mirjalili, S. A., & Stringer, M. D. (2013). A clinical anatomy roadshow at the Fiji Medical Schools. Clinical Anatomy, 26, (pp. 655). doi: 10.1002/ca.22235

2012

Journal - Research Article

Stringer, M. D., Duncan, L. J., & Samalia, L. (2012). Using real-time ultrasound to teach living anatomy: An alternative model for large classes. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1361). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Samalia, L., & Stringer, M. D. (2012). A dissecting competition for medical students. Anatomical Sciences Education, 5, 109-113. doi: 10.1002/ase.1256

Journal - Research Other

Stringer, M. D., Kano, M., Fausett, C., & Samalia, L. (2012). Unilateral short rectus femoris muscle belly. International Journal of Anatomical Variations, 5(1), 56-58. [Case Study].

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Samalia, L., & Stringer, M. D. (2012). [Cover image]. Anatomical Sciences Education, 5(2). doi: 10.1002/ase.1271

2011

Journal - Research Other

Sopoaga, F., Leon de la Barra, S., Van der Meer, J., Samalia, L., Carr, S., Delaibatiki, R., & Kirifi-Alai, T. N. (2011). Developing a health workforce from an underserved population in New Zealand [Letter to the editor]. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(5), 494-495. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00766.x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Samalia, L., & Stringer, M. (2011). The use of a dissecting competition to stimulate learning of anatomy among medical students. Surgical & Radiologic Anatomy, 33(Suppl. 1), (pp. S44). [Abstract]

Samalia, L. P. (2011). Dissecting competition at OSMS Anatomy and Structural Biology Department, Dunedin, NZ. Clinical Anatomy. 24(3), (pp. 404). doi: 10.1002/ca.21157

2006

Journal - Research Article

Nicholson, H. D., Samalia, L., Gould, M., Hurst, P. R., & Woodroffe, M. (2006). A comparison of different embalming fluids on the quality of histological preservation in human cadavers. European Journal of Morphology, 42(4/5), 178-184.

2003

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Nicholson, H. D., & Samalia, L. (2003). Can human tissues embalmed for teaching be successfully used for histology? Clinical Anatomy. 16, (pp. 463). Sheffield, UK. [Abstract]