Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical illustrators are highly skilled artists that work strictly in the medical field. They create graphics for textbooks, journals, magazines, and educational films. Some prepare illustrations that aid in research or creation of artificial body parts and could also be called upon to use modeling skills to create artificial body parts for patients who have undergone some surgeries or are deformed.

Average Salary:  $35,000 - $50,000

Education:

Students who would like to become a medical illustrator should take college preparatory classes that emphasize in art and science. In college students should major in art and minor in science or major in science and minor in art. Many medical illustrators have a master’s degree in the field. To become certified you must have a graduate degree in medical illustration, a portfolio review, and a successful completion of a national examination.

I don’t think I would like to become a medical illustrator because this career is not for me because I am not very good at art.