《當代醫學》為醫學領域的同行評審論文提供了一個論壇，促進中國科研人員、醫生和外國同行之間的學術交流。涵蓋生理學、生物化學、分子生物學、藥理學、病理學、病理生理學等生物醫學學科，以及外科、內科、婦產科、兒科、耳鼻喉科等臨床研究。《現代醫學》雜志上發表的文章主要是英文的，只有很少幾篇是德文的，以表達對其德國創始人的敬意。本刊是中國中部地區唯一由教育機構主辦的西文醫學期刊。

Current Medical Science provides a forum for peer-reviewed papers in the medical sciences, to promote academic exchange between Chinese researchers and doctors and their foreign counterparts. The journal covers the subjects of biomedicine such as physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, pharmacology, pathology and pathophysiology, etc., and clinical research, such as surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and otorhinolaryngology etc. The articles appearing in Current Medical Science are mainly in English, with a very small number of its papers in German, to pay tribute to its German founder. This journal is the only medical periodical in Western languages sponsored by an educational institution located in the central part of China.