knowledge, attitude and practice of native gilanian students of shaheed beheshti university of medical sciences,about fascioliasis disease

background and purpose: health care professionals work to solve health problems of the society. this is the duty of health system to identify the gaps in health professionals’ competence and asks the medical school to fill the gap. we took one important health problem fascioliasis and determined the amount of knowledge, attitude and practices of gilani students studying at medical university of shaheed beheshti, about fascioliasis disease. methods:: this study was carried on 135 male and female gilani students studying at different degrees in the age range of 18 to 37. the data was gathered by questionnaire surveys and then validated through content validity and reliability by test-retest method. data analysis was carried out by spss and microsoft excel soft wares. to examine the correlation between variables, the t-test and variance analysis test was used. results: the research findings revealed that the community under study has an average practice. in all three parameters, however, the average scores of females are greater than males. conclusion: i t is recommended to revise the educational programs for the students so that the students of every region become familiar with health problems of their regions