Worth the Wait? Comparison of Emergency Department Patients' Waiting Room Tolerance for Real Patient Care vs Training/Simulation Scenarios

The authors aimed to determine whether patients in an emergency department waiting room would be willing to accept delays in their care for in-situ simulation training scenarios compared to real patient care scenarios. The study found that while patients showed lower tolerance for delays associated with simulation training, a significant portion (around 40%) were still willing to wait over 40 minutes for these scenarios, suggesting that in-situ simulation is generally acceptable to patients in clinical settings.