​​​Annals of Medicine and Surgery (AMS) is an open access, online-only, peer-reviewed journal with a global outlook and focus on those training in medicine and surgery (postgraduate and undergraduate). AMS contains a mix of original clinical and basic science research, reviews, studies, trials, editorials, and case reports.

The journal crosses the whole disease spectrum of medicine and surgery but does also have a special focus on the following areas:

• Patient safety
  
• Human factors, teamwork, communication and professionalism
• Quality improvement science and practice
• Evidence based medicine
• Implementation science – clinical evidence into practice
• Leadership and management
• Medical education, teaching, and training
• Public and global health
• Healthcare policy, delivery, commissioning, and resource management
• Use of technology and health informatics
• Clinical ethics and medical law
• Research and innovation – bedside to bench and back again – including applications like personalised medicine​