Malaysia had more pharmacists than it needed for a few years, but now there is a shortage. This is because the Malaysian healthcare system is growing quickly, the pharmaceutical industry is booming locally and globally, and there aren’t any pharmacies open 24/7 or that are easy to get to in rural areas. Also, the country’s...

SEGi’s Faculty of Pharmacy has done us proud again! This time they managed to secure the ‘MyPSA BEST PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN AWARD’, presented on 22nd August 2021. The Faculty of Pharmacy conducted the SEGi Public Health Campaign on Sexual & Reproductive Health Awareness – Aware and Unashamed on the 1st and 8th May 2021, in...

Our student from SEGi’s Faculty of Pharmacy has made us proud in a recent competition conducted by the Malaysian Pharmacy Students’ Association (MyPSA). Ms Lim Yu Ern was named winner in MyPSA’s Poster Designing Competition: “What Should Be On A Prescription?” The competition was organised by the national-level organisation from 10 June to 11 July...

SEGi extends our heartiest and mightiest congratulations to two of our students and staff from the Faculty of Pharmacy for their recent success in the 54th Malaysian Pharmacists Society (MPS) – National Pharmacists Convention (NPC). Ms Chong Sue Chin, Ms Wong Sze Ling, and Ms Sze Wei Thing have made us proud by clinching two...

Digital retail garnered a lot of attention lately during the Covid-19 pandemic. During this period, even those who were not familiar with the concept of digital retail discovered that they had the convenience of buying anything online, including medicine. Today, as Malaysia’s healthcare services go through digitalisation, you can book for doctor’s appointment, have online...

From dispensing medicines to providing advice and counselling, pharmacists have always been a key anchor in the health care services sector. Today, a pharmacist’s role and responsibilities are beyond just prescriptions and medicines. Employment opportunities also abound for pharmacists as graduates can choose to work at hospitals, retail or community pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, government or...

Community or retail pharmacy is the friendly neighbourhood pharmacy that you often visit to get quick over-the-counter medicine, health supplements or personal care products. Community pharmacists are responsible for ensuring that you receive a safe and correct supply of medicines. They have the most updated knowledge about health and medicines and are easily accessible by...

SEGi represent…in Japan! From the 1 – 12 July 2019, five students, Law Yin Eang, Ling Tze Ing, Janise Goh Jin Yun, Joan Tang Enhui & Tan Ein Qian from the Faculty of Pharmacy took up the Summer Student Exchange Programme to Japan. Here’s their (long but short) story: Upon reaching the town of Nihon,...

Just recently, the new students (September 2019 intake) of Faculty of Pharmacy pledged themselves to professionalism. Wishing them the best throughout their journey as a SEGian. Proud of them!

There is a Chinese proverb that says – “It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions, but hard to get one single remedy.” The same can be said about being a pharmacist. There are numerous medicines available for every single health symptom, but which is the right medicine that is effective and safe for you?...