In this course, students will explore and write about topics in medicine through the framework of narrative medicine pioneered by Rita Charon. Topics may include writing produced by and about doctors, nurses, and patients; urgent issues in healthcare, ranging from discrimination in patient care to medical professionals and burnout; women's healthcare and maternal mortality; and the rise of AI and what that can mean in terms of patient agency and advocacy. As a special topics in writing ("C") course, one of the main objectives is engaging the writing process to develop assignments through discussion, drafting, and revision. To that end, written assignments will target both academic and public audiences, including discussion/reading responses supporting the development of a research paper, as well as opinion/blog/multimedia pieces incorporating visual and/or digital infographics. Students majoring or intending to major in nursing or pre-medicine, for example, are welcome and encouraged (but not required) to research and write about topics of clinical interest, and incorporate relevant personal or clinical narrative experience.