What role does the computer play in the field of medical illustration today?
The computer has created new avenues of employment for our graduates in designing computer graphics, animation, multimedia programs, and web sites. Job announcements for traditional medical illustration positions require some degree of computer skills. The computer has displaced traditional production processes in graphic design and layout, 35 mm slide production, animation, and some textbook illustration. Office management tasks such as record keeping, billing, and scheduling projects are handled more efficiently by computer. Computer networks allow artists to send imagery electronically to clients for approval and to printers for reproduction.
