The Field of Medical Illustration

discipline that is created by professional medical illustrators and animators. It belongs to a bigger field of biomedical communication.

A medical illustration is a visual representation which resulted from the art skills conveyed through a virtual or tangible medium. This shows medical or biological information. This aims to clarify and explain a key feature of medical illustration that makes it different from science-inspired fine art.

It is known to be a specialist profession that supports other healthcare professions within a medical environment. It also requires a certain level of expertise in photography, medical art, videography, or graphic design. These skills are used to produce resource materials such as photographs and other images that can be used to improve medical education and patient care.

Where is Medical Illustration mostly used?

An accurate medical illustration is highly in demand in various medical fields thus they appear in all media and markets to effectively disseminate information on health and medicine. Traditional medical illustration involves creating sculptured anatomical teaching models, museum exhibits, and mod3els for simulated medical procedures. People are also now leveraging on technology in creating multimedia and interactive designs for their medical illustration. Some even use animation.

Medical illustration can be commonly seen in the following materials:

• Trade and consumer publications
• Textbooks, journals, eBooks
• Web
• Courtroom exhibits
• Patient education
• Continuing medical education (CME)
• Interactive learning
• Advertising
• Mobile health apps
• Health games
• Trade shows
• Museums
• Veterinary and dental markets
• Television and film • Augmented and virtual reality simulators

Who can be Medical Illustrators?

The field of Medical Illustration requires critical eye for details to ensure accuracy in terms of design and communication. People who are detail oriented and at the same enjoys exploring and learning science, while continually being in touch with the arts are the ones who will mostly thrive in this industry. Medical illustrators are being assigned of various projects, thus, they should be equipped with comprehensive knowledge in art methods and media production so they can cope with the changing needs of the biocommunication industry. The core skills of a good medical illustrator should be painting, advanced drawing, and sculpture in tangible media. He should also have basic knowledge on techniques in producing graphic or commercial art. His computer graphic skills should be relevant and updated to ensure that he can cope with the effects of technology on bicommunication. Being good in motion media is also a plus.

What makes a good medical illustrator?

A person with a strong foundation in scienceâ€"biological, medical, or generalâ€"can go a long way in this field. This is very much needed so he can better and easily understand the more complex medical information. The involved subjects in the field can be highly technical and can involved those that are unseen and theoretical. A person with adept visualization skill to transform this complex information into two-dimensional or even three-dimensional images that can effectively communicate to various audiences will be a good medical illustrator.

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