Medical Illustration Major with Foreign Language Minor...which language should I study?

CharlieWinks
Tue, 16 Dec 2014 23:25:48 +0000

I’m going to school to get my undergrad degree in medical illustration starting next fall. I was thinking about either minoring in business or a foreign language. I know that for a practicing medical professional, Spanish is hands down the most useful language in the US because so many people in the states speak it. However, as a medical illustrator, I will likely be working for universities and researchers, not practicing physicians. Ergo, I would like to select a language spoken in countries where there is a lot of medical research being done. I heard that a lot of medical research use to be published in German. I also hear that Japan does a lot of interesting medical research. Chinese is always a good option as well. I would love to hear your thoughts and insights. Thanks.