en Healt care Management پژوهشي Original article <strong>Background:</strong> Social capital has an important role in empowering entrepreneurship activities and performance improvement inhuman resources. This study aimed to examine the relationship between social capital and entrepreneurship behavior of academic members of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2018.<br> <strong>Methods: </strong>The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional method conducted among all faculty members working in Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2018. In order to collect study data, two standard questionnaires including social capital scale (Nahapiet & Goshal 1998) and entrepreneurial behavior (Leon Daes Zamptakis and Vasiliss Mustakis 2007) were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical methods in SPSS ₂₀.<br> <strong>Results: </strong>The results of the study showed that social capital and entrepreneurial behavior had a desirable condition. Furthermore, these two variables were statistically correlated (P-value < 0.05).<br> <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Promoting the level of social capital in academic environments has significant benefits and a positive impact on entrepreneurial behaviors of academic members of the university. Therefore, managers should strengthen this key element in their organizations to upgrade their professional job performance.<br> &nbsp; Social Capital, Entrepreneurial Behavior, Faculty Member of the University 275 280 http://jebhpme.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-51-19&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Sima Rafiei No School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Rafat Mohebibar No School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Bahman Ahadi Nejad No School of Public Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Nadia Nisari Yes Student Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Ghazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran