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Publications and Reports
APS Minority Programs are regularly reviewed by both APS Committees and the APS Council for their effectiveness and impact. Therefore, each program includes a formative evaluation plan that provides feedback from participants that allow for ongoing program improvements and enhancements. Periodically, each program is also evaluation for its longitudinal impact on participants. Similarly, the APS conducts annual surveys of students receiving doctoral degrees in physiology and utilizing existing national databases, the APS develops reports and statistics on the overall production of new physiologists, the postdoctoral experiences of new graduates, and the status of physiologists in basic science and clinical departments in medical schools. Links to reports on the results of minority program evaluations and surveys of minority students are provided below.

APS Program Evaluation Reports
Retrospective Evaluation of the APS-NIDDK Minority Travel Fellows Program
Porter Physiology Development Program: 1967-2001: A Retrospective Study
Porter Physiology Development Program: 1967-2001: A Retrospective Study (Brief report, published in The Physiologist, 2004, PDF file)
APS Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Program: 2000-2003 Evaluation Report (Full report, to be released 2008)
Frontiers in Physiology Summer Research Teachers Program: 2001-2004 External Evaluation Summary

APS Status of Physiologists and Physiology Reports
Matyas, M. L. & Frank, M. (1995). Physiologists at U.S. Medical Schools: Education, Current Status, and Trends in Diversity. The Physiologist, 38, 1-12.
Matyas, M. L. & Frank, M. (1998). The employment of recent doctoral graduates in physiology. The Physiologist, 41(4), 153, 156-160.
Matyas, M. L. & Frank, M. (1999). Employment of 1996-97 Doctoral Graduates in Physiology. The Physiologist, 42(3), 117-122.
Frank, M. & Matyas, M.L. (2002). The status of physiologists and physiology at U.S. medical schools. The Physiologist 45(4), 179, 184-192.

Other Sources of Statistics and Reports on Minorities in Science
National Science Foundation Science Resources Statistics
Commission on Professionals in Science and Engineering
National Academy of Sciences: National Academy Press (search for “minorities”)
National Academy of Sciences Career Guides