The objective of the Journal of the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Colombia is to spread and disseminate knowledge in the several scientific, social and artistic fields related to the health area professional spheres, its practice and teaching through the publication of original papers in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The Journal of the Faculty of Medicine is indexed in: Scopus, SciELO, ISI WEB OF KNOWLEDGE, ULRICH, LILACS, PUBLINDEX, LATINDEX, OLD MEDLINE, IMBIOMED, FARO (University of Zaragoza), OJS (Open Journal Systems), SIIC DB , National University of Colombia Journals Website.