a comparative study of knowledge and satisfaction of faculty members and students with education development center activities (babol-2010)

background: educational development center (edc) establishment is one of the procedures to improve quality of medical education. as positive knowledge and attitude of lecturers and students are essential factors to gain access to goals of these centers, the aim of this project was to assess knowledge and satisfaction of faculty members and students about edc activities, babol-2010. methods: this project is a descriptive-analytical and crosssectional study which was done using questionnaire among 147 faculty members, 75 residents and 80 interns. samples were collected using randomized, census and simple sampling methods, respectively. data were analyzed using chi square, anova and t-tests. results: according our results, mean of the knowledge score (in a scale of 0-15) among faculty members was higher than residents and interns (9.48 compare with 4.36 and 7.67). anova test results showed that there was a significant difference between them (p<0.05). also, pearson correlation calculation revealed that there were positive and significant correlations between years of experience and teaching experience among faculty members and the knowledge score. our results regarding satisfaction of edc activities (in a scale of 0-5) demonstrated that faculty members had the highest mean score in comparison with residents and interns (2.86, 2 and 1.83, respectively). conclusions: although faculty members had a better knowledge and attitude regarding edc activities compare with residents and interns, but continuous education, discussion session and rewarding measures are necessary in order to improve condition