Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities:  Medical illustrators create art pieces and photography pieces that have to do with medical assets.  Their responsibility is to draw or photograph images that can reflect a patient's progress.  The art that medical illustrators create is used for many things that mostly involve medicine.  They can create illustrations of many kinds that can be used for medical research, marketing, publishing, diagnosis of patients, and record keeping.  This profession allows doctors and/or medical assistants to become informed on medical records done on their patients.

Salary: Medical illustrators can earn from 62,000$ to 175,000$ a year.  

Education:  A master’s degree is needed to become a medical illustrator.  It is recommended that you take courses in biology, chemistry, and art.  No certification is needed, but there are programs that allow you to become experienced and certified.  On-the-job training is also very important and can benefit you when looking to find a job in this particular profession.

Demand for this profession:  Two of the major skills needed to become a medical illustrator are to be detail-oriented and have a NATURAL ability in art and science.

   

Do you think you would like to be one?  Why?  Why not?

I would consider becoming a medical illustrator because I have an interest in art.