Terrence Holt (M.F.A., Ph.D. Cornell University; M.D. UNC), has held a faculty position at the School of Medicine since completing his residency (internal medicine) in 2003. He teaches topics ranging from health care finance to medical ethics to narrative medicine. For ten years a contributing editor to Men’s Health, he publishes and speaks widely on a range of topics related to ethical and experiential questions of medical practice. His short story collections (In the Valley of the Kings, Internal Medicine) have appeared on numerous “best of” lists, including the New York Times bestsellers, and have been reprinted, translated, and anthologized in the US, Europe, and Asia. He thinks of this course as his central contribution to his teaching at Carolina, one that combines the multiple disciplinary strands of his career into a unified experience for learners at a range of levels.