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SMILE² is a collection of pages featuring overviews of important and interesting topics relevant to clinical education, improving the performance of healthcare individuals and organisations, and improving the outcomes of patient care.

Free Relaxation Resources

Free evidence-based relaxation resources for shift workers and clinicians, including yoga nidra, NSDR, cyclic sighing, meditation apps and soundscapes.

Prof Pete Smith and Mike Cadogan
May 7, 2026

Presence, Purpose, and Recovery

Burnout, shift work, and sleep loss are ageing emergency physicians. A practical 30-minute framework to protect recovery, long-term health and longevity.

Prof Pete Smith and Mike Cadogan
May 4, 2026

Practical Longevity Supplement Guide

A practical longevity supplement guide for shift workers and healthcare workerss, covering omega-3, vitamin D3/K2, dosing, storage and monitoring tips.

Prof Pete Smith and Mike Cadogan
April 30, 2026

Not Just Expensive Urine

Evidence-based supplements for shift-workers, including vitamin D, magnesium, omega-3, creatine, and the berberine-PSA trap.

Prof Pete Smith and Mike Cadogan
April 27, 2026

The Physician Who Never Stops

Burnout, shift work, and sleep loss are ageing emergency physicians. A practical 30-minute framework to protect recovery, long-term health and longevity.

Prof Pete Smith and Mike Cadogan
April 24, 2026

Physician Longevity

Do doctors live longer? A data-driven look at physician longevity, the female physician paradox, and why emergency medicine is being left behind today.

Prof Pete Smith and Mike Cadogan
April 23, 2026

Learn or Blame

Learn or Blame explores cognitive bias, just culture and human factors in adverse event review, showing why healthcare can either learn or blame, not both.