Medical Illustrator

              Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical illustrator is highly skilled artists. They work strictly in the medical field and create graphics for textbooks, journals, magazines, and education films. Their drawing spans a wide range from microorganisms to body parts. Some medical illustrators prepare illustration that aid in research about or creation of artificial body parts.

Average Salary:

$35,000-$50,000

Education 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 science and minor in art. Undergraduate science as those required for medical school.