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Introduction
The
Social and Administrative Pharmacy (SAP) program is designed to prepare
individuals for responsible, leadership positions in
pharmacy education, research and/or management in
academia, industry or public service. This includes
possible careers in governmental agency, pharmaceutical
firms, community pharmacies, universities, professional
and international bodies and health insurance companies
in the future.
Along with the increasing importance of medicines and
drugs in society, there are increasing complex
interactions among government and non-governmental
agencies, providers, consumers and policy-makers thus
resulting in a critical need for persons with advanced
training in social and administrative pharmacy.
Vission
The Discipline of Social and
Administrative Pharmacy (DSAP) aims to be a world class
& premier disciplinary program among the school of
pharmacies by 2010 in:
- pharmacy health services research,
- pharmaceutical economics & policy, and
- pharmacy education
- through the strength of faculty collaboration and
initiative
Mission
The mission of the Discipline of Social & Administrative
Pharmacy (DSAP)
is to educate students to become competent and
innovative researchers, educators and administrators
with a critical understanding of health care services,
health economics and administrative sciences.
Specifically, the mission of the discipline is to serve
as a catalyst to:
1) enhance the quality of professional and graduate
education within the school and
university;
2) generate and communicate knowledge through innovative
research to improve
pharmacy services, healthcare outcomes, health & pharmaceutical policy and
pharmacy education; and
3) contribute to community well being through service in
the domain of the social,
administrative and educational pharmaceutical sciences. |