Introduction:

observation is the basis of knowledge of the world and of scientific activity.

Objective:

to emphasize the importance of observation as part of the clinical method to arrive at the diagnosis in a disease health process and to be able to decide the appropriate treatment.

Development:

the observation method is a process of decomposition-recomposition of information obtained through perception, according to the scientific purposes established in the modes of observation constructed. It is pointed out that it is an active and organized process over time, in which it is considered, a set of phenomena that can be analyzed.

Conclusions:

observation is the first stage of the clinical method because it is from where the information is obtained, both by what the patient says and by what can be observed through inspection. It means that not only information is linked to verbal communication, but also to non-verbal forms such as inspection, and in this way it is possible to collect data on what can already be explicit or general or on more specific or specific aspects.

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