Ideas are like seeds, plant them and they just might grow into something brilliant. Where would we be as a society if the hundreds of amazing medical innovations never can to fruition because an idea was discarded? According to Psychologist Richard J. Haier of the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, “When an idea pops into your head, it is unlikely the result of a single event—like the click of the proverbial lightbulb—in your brain. Studies have shown that no solitary brain area is an exclusive thinking center where ideas emerge (Martinez-Conde, 2008).” An idea was formed, studies were conducted to study the effects of empathy in healthcare, and programs were developed. Technical skills alone will no longer suffice and empathy
