Defining the precise disciplinary content of the Social and Administrative Sciences Section of AACP is difficult. The section represents a dynamic and creative group of researchers whose interests may reflect the problems at hand in our medication use system. Yet, our specific training and theoretical orientations typically include, for example, economics, epidemiology, health behavior, marketing, psychology and sociology.
The mission of the Section of Social and Administrative Sciences is:
To encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of the teaching methods in the social and administrative sciences; the improvement of the qualification and usefulness of teachers of the social and administrative sciences through the development of high standards of professional ethics and education; and by its professional contacts, reports, discussions, papers, meetings and activities to maintain pharmaceutical education at a high level.Standing Rules of Procedure