Best Practices of Medical Departments: A Kind of Operational Policy-Making for Development of Faculty and University

Best Practice (BP) is defined as "successful" actions, processes, methods, approaches, and techniques that have somehow been proven to be "optimal and effective" in a "certain area". These approaches can be recommended, adapted, and used by other administrations and institutions due to their success history, and nowadays, have a pivotal role, both as an "index" and as a "policy-making tool". In this article, we have discussed the definition, types, formation, and role of BPs in the policy-making of corporations, especially higher education and health-oriented institutions. At the end, we have introduced the ongoing project of "Development of BPs at School of medicine in Guilan University of Medical Sciences".