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Medical illustrators provide visual aids to enhance the understanding medical science. Illustrators create graphics by hand, computer, or other technical equipment to be used in publications, television, exhibits, and three-dimensional objects. Medical illustrators may also help prepare data and create artificial body parts for medical purposes.
Medical illustrators need to have a solid foundation in anatomy and general medical knowledge so they can present visual aids accurately. They also should be knowledgeable in a variety of techniques and media. Medical illustrators can work in a laboratory, a graphics business, academic environment, or be self-employed. Illustrators often work on a computer, creating illustrations, charts, graphs, and models which will explain medical conditions or parts of the body. These images are then published in journals, displayed in museums, presented in workshops, or posted on instructive websites.
High school students should take courses such as English, math, science, and art to prepare for being a medical illustrator. The standard requirement is a four-year bachelor's degree in art with courses such as drawing, life drawing, painting, design, color theory, photography, and layout. Students should also include courses such as biology, anatomy, physiology, microbiology, and chemistry. A master's degree in medical illustration is available at only a few universities in the country. This two-year program includes gross anatomy, histology, pathology, anatomical and surgical illustration, three-dimensional modeling, exhibit construction, and cinematography.
Note: Wisconsin does not offer a master's degree program in medical illustration.
Alverno College
Beloit College
Cardinal Stritch University
Carroll University
Carthage College
Concordia University Wisconsin
Edgewood College
Lakeland College
Lawrence University
Marian University of Fond du Lac
Marquette University
Mount Mary College
Northland College
Ripon College
Silver Lake College
St. Norbert College
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
University of Wisconsin - Madison
University of Wisconsin - Marathon
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
University of Wisconsin - Parkside
University of Wisconsin - Platteville
University of Wisconsin - River Falls
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
University of Wisconsin - Stout
University of Wisconsin - Superior
University of Wisconsin - Washington County
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Viterbo University
Wisconsin Lutheran College
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Association of Medical Illustrators
810 East 10th Street
PO Box 1897
Lawrence, KS, 66044
866/393-4AMI (4264)
www.ami.org
Biocommunications Association
220 Southwind Lane
Hillsborough , NC, 27278
919/245-0906
www.bca.org
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
1361 Park Street
Clearwater, FL, 33756
727/210-2350
www.caahep.org
Health and Science Communications Assoc.
39 Wedgewood Drive, Suite A
Jewett City, CT, 06351-2428
860/376-5915
www.hesca.org
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