Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities

                  Medical illustrators produce resources such as photography and graphic images for professionals involved in patient care, teaching, education and research. There are four specialist areas: clinical photography, graphic design, medical art, videography.

Salary: $62,000

Education Needed

                         Admission requirements for the accredited graduate programs in medical illustration vary from program to program. In general, a bachelor's degree with a major in art and a minor in the biological sciences, or a major in science with a minor in art, is preferred.

Demand or Need for this Profession

                           All demand advanced technical ability and an understanding of anatomy. As a medical illustrator, you'll be categorized as a healthcare scientist and employed primarily by hospitals, medical schools, research establishments, specialist publishers.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why or why not?

                         Yes, I believe I can one day grow up to be one. It might take me long for me to choose what I”d want to be, but I think this profession is great. It cooperates with the ideas of what I would want to be when I grow up. For example, I would want to work with health related things, but I also love arts and I love to draw and be creative. A Medical Illustrator sounds like it has everything I want and I think I can work hard and take the education I need to become one.