Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities:

A medical illustrator is a professional artist with advanced education in both the life sciences and visual communication. Collaborating with scientist, physicians, and other specialists. Medical illustrators transform complex information into visual images that have the potential to communicate to broad audiences. Your responsibility as a medical illustrator is to produce artwork and designs for posters and patient information , create presentations, posters, illustrations, and slides or overheads transparencies of patients and treatment procedures for use in lectures, conferences, and medical journals. You will also have to design websites, such as hospital trusts’ websites, for patients, doctors, and general public, etc.

Salary:

Pay and conditions for medical illustrators are covered by the Agenda for Change (AfC) Pay Rates, consisting of nine bands. Typical starting salaries for junior medical illustrators are between $19,217 and $22,458 rising to 21,909 to $28,462 with experience (euro money.)

Education:

In order to become a medical illustrator you must have a master’s degree in the Education Field of Study. The skills you need are; artistic ability, creativity, interpersonal skills, and visual skills. Certification is voluntary.

Demand for this profession:

High school preparation, college preparation, graduate programs, continuing education, accredited programs is what you need for this career.

Reflection:

This profession does sound very interesting. I also do like drawing and helping out others. I think this a career I would take into consideration.