《西部医学》杂志一直坚持高标准、高质量、精品化、规范化的办刊原则，贯彻理论与实践、基础与临床、普及与提高相结合的方针，重在临床、重在实践、重在提高，立足西部、面向全国、接轨国际，及时报道国内外先进的医学科技成果及动态，不断开拓创新、与时俱进，积极推动与国内外的学术交流，努力促进医疗、教学、科研、预防保健和医院管理水平的不断提高。
"Western medicine" magazine has always insisted on the principle of high standard, high quality, quality, specification, implementation of the theory and the practice, the popularization of basic and clinical, and improve the policy of combining, focusing on clinical, focusing on practice, focus on improving, based on the west, facing the country, connecting rail international, timely reports of domestic and foreign advanced medical science and technology achievements and dynamic, continuous innovation, advance with the times, actively promote the domestic and international academic exchanges, to promote medical, teaching, scientific research, prevention and health care and hospital management level continuously improve.
《西部医学》杂志的栏目设置科学，注重了专业属性，便于作者投稿与读者选阅；刊载论文的英文摘要标准、规范，医学统计科学准确，编辑规范，内容充实，刊发面广，可谓集科学性、先进性、实用性与可读性为一体，已形成了期刊的风格与特色。本刊栏目：述评、基础医学与实验研究、临床研究与经验、影像医学、临床药学、检验医学、综述与讲座、临床护理
"Science" magazine of Western medicine set, pay attention to the professional attributes, for contributors and readers choose to read; standard, specification English abstract of papers published in medical statistics, scientific and accurate, editing standard, enrich the content, published in a wide range, it is scientific, advanced, practical and readability as a whole, has the formation of the style and characteristics of periodicals. This print section: review, basic medical and experimental research, clinical research and experience, medical imaging, clinical pharmacy, laboratory medicine, overview and lecture, clinical nursing
《西部医学》杂志被国家新闻出版总署收录，被中国学术期刊综合评价数据库、中国科技核心期刊数据库、中国期刊全文数据库、中国学术期刊（光盘版）、中文科技期刊数据库、万方数据——数字化期刊群、中国报刊订阅指南信息库及国内、外众多高校、公共图书馆、党政机关、科研机构、医院、企业、军队等所收录。
"Western medicine" magazine included the General Administration of press and publication, by comprehensive evaluation of academic journals, core journals of science and technology Chinese China database database, Chinese periodical full text database, Chinese academic journals (CD), Chinese science and technology periodical database, Wanfang Data -- digital periodicals, newspapers and periodicals subscription China Guide information database and domestic, many colleges and universities, public library, party and government organs, scientific research institutions, enterprises, hospitals, army included.