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ability to translate words
into pictures and graphics
detail oriented
creative |
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| edical illustrators are professional artists who
create visual materials to |
| represent scientific and technical information.
Visual materials are critical |
| in explaining medical information to
students, physicians and patients. They are used |
| to make complicated scientific information
more understandable. Medical |
| illustrators should have a strong
background in art, science, and medicine. They use |
| a variety of media including pen and ink,
watercolor, acrylics, sculpting, |
| photography, animation, and computer
graphics to illustrate the desired image. A |
| few medical illustrators specialize in a
single art medium or in a particular area of |
| medicine, such as neurosurgery or orthopedics. |
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Average Starting Salary $45,000
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| Work Environment |
| Advertising agencies |
| Medical, dental and
veterinary schools |
| Medical publishing
companies |
| Multimedia companies |
| Self-employed |
| Teaching and research
hospitals |
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| Academic Requirements |
| A college preparatory
diploma is |
| recommended. A
bachelor's degree |
| in art, zoology (the
study of animals), |
| or a multi-disciplinary
major |
| combining art and an area
of |
| the life sciences is
required to enter |
| a school of medical
illustration. |
| Medical illustration
programs center |
| on the arts, visual
problem solving, |
| and the medical sciences
and result |
| in a master's degree
after two years |
| of course work. |
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| Licensure, Certification and |
| Registration |
| Licensure is not
required, but |
| certification is
available through |
| the Board of
Certification of |
| Medical Illustrators.
To quality a |
| candidate must have
earned a |
| master's in medical
illustration from |
| an accredited school or
worked in |
| the field full-time for a
minimum of |
| five years. |
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| Professional Organizations |
| Association of Medical
Illustrators |
| (866( 393-4264 |
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www.ami.org |
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| Guild of Natural Science
Illustrators |
| (301) 309-1514 |
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www.gnsi.org |
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| Health and Science
Communications |
| Association |
| (860) 376-5915 |
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www.hesca.org |
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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS |
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Master's Degree
Medical College of Georgia |
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