The simulations each lasted 20 to 30 minutes. Actors were instructed to press the professional staff for action and treatment or for answers as to why their child had died. Professional limitations were fully tested. A major contributor to this "testing" was the advanced level of training of the actors and their ability to invite honest emotion and tears during the simulation. The training program combined work based on Stanislavsky ( 1936 ) and other modern theorists. Simply stated, the actors gave full belief to the circumstances at hand. They did not force or control their emotions. They invited honest emotion to come forward based on the circumstances given to them. Since the actors were relieved of forcing emotion, a far more inviting atmosphere for true emotion was created in the simulation. However, in situations in which honest emotion did not come forward, the actors simply pursued their character objectives with great commitment and energy.