en Healt care Management پژوهشي Original article <strong>Background:</strong> Internal marketing is defined as &quot;the process of attracting, developing, motivating, and retaining the qualified employees through<br> job-products that satisfy their needs&quot;. Internal marketing practices in hospital make a positive work environment, which in turn, leads to the provision of higher care quality. This study was aimed to investigate the internal marketing practices in two educational hospitals of Yazd City, Iran <span dir="RTL"></span><br> <strong>Methods:</strong> In this quantitative cross-sectional study, we used a valid questionnaire of internal marketing (Sarah May Lubbe, 2013) in two educational hospitals of Yazd, Iran. A total of 156 clinical and non-clinical employees selected from the studied hospitals participated in the study. Stratified random sampling method was applied and data analysis was done using SPSS₁₉. We used descriptive statistics in data analyses.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The mean score of internal marketing was 2.78 &plusmn; 0.60. Furthermore, employee satisfaction and benchmarking obtained the<br> highest and lowest scores among the internal marketing dimensions with<br> 3.22 &plusmn; 0.64 and 2.27 &plusmn; 0.86 scores, respectively.<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong><strong>:</strong> Our results showed the weakness of internal marketing practices in educational hospitals, which should be improved. For this, the results of our study should be prioritized to improve the activities.<br> &nbsp; Marketing, Internal marketing, Hospital 266 275 http://jebhpme.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-159-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Shekoofeh Sadat Momahhed smomahhed@gmail.com No Ph.D Student in Health Economics, Health Management and Economics Department, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Amin Bahrami aminbahrami1359@gmail.com 0000-0003-2276-7440 Yes Associate Professor, Department of Healthcare Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Omid Barati omidbarati40@gmail.com 0000-0002-7414-4520 No Associate Professor, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Maryam Moeini mmoeini@gmail.com No Department of Healthcare Management, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran