Medical Illustrator

Duties and responsibilities: A medical illustrator is a professional artist with advanced education in both life science and visual communication. Medical illustrator transform complex information into visual images that have the potential to communicate the broad audience. They are trained and are advanced in education medicine, science, art, design, visual technology, media techniques, and other theories that are related to communication and learning. So what a medical illustrator does is create visual representations so people can understand them better.

Salary: The median salary for an medical illustrator is $62,000 but it can range up to $100,000.

Education: A medical illustrator is required a bachelor’s degree.They have to take these courses:

• Human gross anatomy
• Physiology
• Pathology
• Histology
• Neuroanatomy
• Embryology
• Surgery

Demands Needed For this Profession:

• A genuine interest in the scientific application of your skills and in the treatment of disease
• Time management
• technical/ creativity or artistic ability
• An understanding of anatomy and and biology
• Attention to detail and a methodical approach

Reflection:  I would not like to be a medical illustrator because it is not something I love. I don’t find this career as entertaining because I can’t draw I am not an artist. I also wouldn’t like to do this because it requires a lot of creativity and that is something I don’t really have.