Table 5.

Health professionals' needs for in-service short course training in Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia, March 2014.

Areas of Training Needed	Not important	Little importance	Important	Very important
	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)
Communication skills (n=377)	4(1.1)	20(5.3)	63(16.7)	290(76.9)
Disaster management (n=377)	11(2.9)	21(5.6)	90(23.9)	255(67.6)
Resource mobilization & health economics (n=377)	6(1.6)	22(5.8)	127(33.7)	222(58.9)
Risk analysis (n=375)	14(3.7)	25(6.6)	122(32.4)	214(56.8)
Field epidemiology & ecosystem health (n=374)	1(.3)	44(11.7)	123(32.6)	206(54.6)
Leadership skills (n=377)	19(5.0)	47(12.5)	123(32.6)	188(49.9)