Medical Illustrator

Duties and responsibilities:Medical illustration is a unique applied art discipline comprised of professional medical illustrators and animators. It falls within the more general field of biomedical communication.

Salary:The median salary for a medical illustrator or medical animator is $62,000 and can range up to $100,000. Those in supervisory and creative director positions earn a median of $85,000 and up to $175,000 (2013 AMI survey data). About 46% of salaried illustrators supplement their income with freelance work.

Education:Most medical illustrators have a Master's degree from an accredited graduate program from one of four medical schools. 

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Reflection:Do you think you would like to be one?

Why?Why not? This is a Very important job but this isn't really the kind of work that i want to do in the medical field