Innovation in Medical Education for Rural Health Webinar with Les Jebson

Learn about the innovative programs in technology, care delivery (ED frequent flyer program and tele-behavioral health services) and collaboration (student health service and FQHC) underway in rural Texas that are providing healthcare students collaborative educational environments.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Learn the benefits of integrating professional education programs and practice environments
See the value of creating synergistic cooperation between higher education, healthcare delivery and healthcare financing interests
Build confidence in the clinical efficacy of remote telehealth services and appreciate its suitability to rural healthcare environments

Les Jebson currently serves as an executive with Texas A&M Health [health.tamu.edu]. In this role, he serves as the inaugural interprofessional practice administrator [IPP]. The IPP is tasked with designing and leveraging the collective faculty expertise of Texas A&M Health's five colleges. Dispersed throughout Texas, the IPP develops common clinical practice infrastructure and implements novel patient care initiatives. [Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy, Dentistry]

His prior professional experiences include serving as an administrative growth architect with SIU Medicine, and UF Health. There he helped transform and craft regional and nationally recognized clinical specialty programs. Prior to this, he served as Business Director with The University of Kansas Health System, and as the founding executive of one of the region's largest medical groups in metropolitan Kansas City [Advent Health Medical Group]. He has also served as a clinic administrator with University of Missouri Healthcare; and began his career at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Mr. Jebson is certified and a fellow with both The American College of Healthcare Executives [ACHE] and The Medical Group Management Association [MGMA] and is also a Certified Healthcare Risk Manager. He serves as a guest faculty instructor for several universities and advisor to healthcare professional organizations. He has over 100 authored healthcare publications and national speaking engagements. Mr. Jebson's primary areas of expertise resides in programmatic development, provider recruitment and deployment, and team-based care delivery models.