title: Satisfaction of Iranian Medical Universities' faculty members towards holding Shahid Motahari Annual Educational Festival.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Shahid Motahari Annual Educational Festival aims to improve the quality of medical education in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and has held since 2008. The present study was performed to determine the satisfaction level of Iranian medical universities' faculty members about holding Shahid Motahari Annual Educational Festival during the past six years, from 2008 to 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was conducted on 473 faculty members (FMs) including deputies and educational administrators, managers, and faculty members of medical education development centers, members of scientific committees, and faculty members who participated in Shahid Motahari Festival from 42 medical sciences universities in Iran. Data collection instruments were two reliable and valid questionnaires on the background and also participants' satisfaction towards Shahid Motahari Educational Festival. Data were analyzed using SPSS Software, version 14.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among all participants, 30 FMs (6.3%) were educational deputies, 36 FMs (7.6%) managers of medical education development centers, 226 FMs (56.2%) members of scientific committees, 29 FMs (6.1%) members of the national committees, 343 FMs (27.5%) attendees, and 264 FMs (55.8%) had participated for retraining. The total satisfaction level of the participants was 73.3% which shows a good satisfaction level.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results identified the main important strength points such as "proposals' review process at the country level" and weakness points such as "organizing the festival".
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Seyyed Nasrollah
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, Health School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Anoshiravan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohseni Band Pey
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
authors.forename: Seyyed Ali
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Health School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: Behzad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karami Matin
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Health School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirzaei Alavijeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Health School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: Farzad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jalilian
keywords: Attitudes; Education; Evaluation; Faculty members; Satisfaction