Rhodes No. 6 among liberal arts schools for medical school applications

By , Daily Memphian Updated: December 01, 2019 4:00 AM CT | Published: December 01, 2019 4:00 AM CT
<strong>Rhodes College biochemistry students listen during professor Darlene Loprete's class Nov. 26, 2019. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, Rhodes ranked sixth among more than 800 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. and Canada for the number of medical school applications it produced this year.</strong>&nbsp;(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Rhodes College biochemistry students listen during professor Darlene Loprete's class Nov. 26, 2019. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, Rhodes ranked sixth among more than 800 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. and Canada for the number of medical school applications it produced this year. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Rhodes College has built a successful infrastructure for producing medical school students, and the city’s health care institutions are a big part of that.

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Jane Roberts

Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.


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