Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Medical Illustrator

Medical Illustrator
Duties and Responsibilities:
            They are extremely talented artists that illustrate different types of things for the medical fields. They create graphics for textbook, journals, magazines, and man educational films. They draw many things such as microorganisms or even body parts.
            They do this to help in the research of creation of artificial body parts. They can be called to create some artificial body parts, which could include ears or noses for people that gave deformities or have undergone some surgeries.

Average Salary: $35,000 - $50,000

Educational Requirements:
Students interested in becoming medical illustrators should take a college preparatory program in high school that emphasizes art and science.
In college they should either major in art and minor in science or major in science and minor in art.  Undergraduate science courses should be the same as those required for medical school.
The majority of medical illustrators have master's degrees in the field from a program that is accredited by Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs.
Certification as a medical illustrator requires a graduate degree in medical illustration, a portfolio review, and successful completion of a national examination.

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It would seem interesting to be a medical illustrator but I do not want to be one because I enjoy drawing different things such as animals or cartoons.

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