{"id":122,"date":"2020-04-23T13:28:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T12:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/compstudentstories\/?p=122"},"modified":"2020-04-23T13:28:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T12:28:51","slug":"computer-science-student-helps-pharmacists-with-national-covid-19-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/compstudentstories\/2020\/04\/23\/computer-science-student-helps-pharmacists-with-national-covid-19-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Science student helps pharmacists with national Covid-19 response"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Shao Yong is currently on her Year in Industry at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society which is playing a critical role in the coronavirus response. Shao is an undergraduate\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/undergraduate\/128. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kent.ac.uk%2Fcourses%2Fundergraduate%2F128&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJonathan.Stott%40rpharms.com%7C07fb43dad25f44c8856f08d7e2a9b725%7C99193c61658d4076952f07c345a3be97%7C0%7C0%7C637227090852256669&amp;sdata=Z9t6Hlpup8v6%2B69RCqO2W%2BzuBubx3uLpkG9rMx5Kgoo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Computer Science<\/a>\u00a0student helping to develop web pages providing new content on the specialised care required for Covid-19 patients which will be available to all NHS workers nationally, with extra information for those who may have come out of retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Like many of the students currently on placement as part of their degree, Shao has had to adapt quickly to new ways of working during the pandemic. She said \u2018Working from home has its challenges but it\u2019s motivating to know that the project I am contributing to has direct relevance to pharmacists and COVID-19 patients at this time of crisis\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Van Sanden,\u00a0Industrial Placement Co-ordinator said\u00a0\u2018We\u2019ve always said that computer science can take you anywhere, and we\u2019re very proud that one of our students is involved in such a key part of the response process. We\u2019d love to hear from any other students whose placements have been adapted to help in the fight against the pandemic.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Shao\u2019s manager Jonathan Stott, Technical Architect and a Kent Computing Alumnus said: \u2018The RPS is playing a critical role in the coronavirus response by advocating for things like PPE for pharmacists and access to NHS shopping time in supermarkets (lots of pharmacists are independent and don\u2019t work for the NHS). We\u2019re also putting out some extra reference material to help pharmacists who may have come out of retirement or haven\u2019t worked on the front-line for a while. Shao is helping with this response, which is great.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The School of Computing supports over 100 of its students to go on an\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/cs.kent.ac.uk\/placements. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcs.kent.ac.uk%2Fplacements&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJonathan.Stott%40rpharms.com%7C07fb43dad25f44c8856f08d7e2a9b725%7C99193c61658d4076952f07c345a3be97%7C0%7C0%7C637227090852266661&amp;sdata=I0S51o8p3t00F48vvxXq9FvXDEVMP2OguC%2FkryMjM9w%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">industrial placement<\/a>\u00a0every year. All taught students have the option to add a placement to their degree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shao Yong is currently on her Year in Industry at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society which is playing a critical role in the coronavirus response. 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