Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Medical Illustrators take photos and graphic images for professionals who work in patient care, teaching, education and research. They take photographs or films of patients; they also make 3-D images of structures of specific parts of the body.

Salary: a median salary of $62,000-$100,000

Education: A master’s degree from an accredited two-year graduate program in medical illustration.

Reflection: I think this is a great career for someone who has an artistic side but wants to work in the medical field. But unfortunately I don’t think this would be the right type of career for me I don’t really know how to draw and I’m not much of an artist myself.