Faculty Member's Attitude toward Lesson Plan in Golestan University of

    Background and Objectives:  lesson plan is an educational strategy that the teacher designs for an individual lesson. The aim of this study was the determination of faculty member's attitude toward lesson plan in Golestan University of medical sciences     Material and Methods:         We performed this cross-sectional Study on faculty members (N=55) of Golestan university of medical sciences. The instrument was a questionnaire including demographic and attitude questions. We used chi square to analyze the data (P<0.05).       Results: The mean age of the subjects is 38.58+8.71. They are male (79%), basic sciences lecturers (51%). With 11_6.17 years of service, official faculty members (58.2%), without any lesson plan (11.3%), the participants of lesson plan workshop (67.3%), with an average of 7.14=3.38 credits in a semester. 41.8% of them access their lesson plan to students, 14.76% aren't familiar with Education Center (EDC) activities and 10% havc ncgative attitude toward lesson plan (P<0.05). There is significant difference between the subject's attitude and their specialty (clinical or basic sciences) and the number of lessons. But it isn't true for age, gender. course, teaching experience employinent and the number of credits.      Conclusion: according to the crucial role of lesson plan, holding the lesson plan workshop faculty members and motivate them to prepare lesson plan can be effective in the promotion of education quality.