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, and videography.

Salary: $35,000 - $50,000

Education: In order to become a medical illustrator, they had to have a major in art and a minor in science or vice versa. Certification as a medical illustrator requires a graduate degree in medical illustration, a portfolio review, and successful completion of a national examination.

Reflection: I think I would like to become a medical illustrator because I think this would come easily for me. I am a good artist but the only problem I have is that I am really bad at the perception of space and length, so in order to draw these detailed designs of the subject of the body I would need to become better at perceiving length.