{"id":2374,"date":"2020-04-23T11:59:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T10:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2020-04-23T11:59:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T10:59:16","slug":"computer-science-student-helps-pharmacists-with-national-covid-19-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/unikentcomp-news\/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":"<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 &#8216;Working 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&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Van Sanden,\u00a0Industrial Placement Co-ordinator said\u00a0&#8216;We\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&#8217;d love to hear from any other students whose placements have been adapted to help in the fight against the pandemic.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Shao&#8217;s manager Jonathan Stott, Technical Architect and a Kent Computing Alumnus said: &#8216;The 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&#8217;t work for the NHS). We&#8217;re also putting out some extra reference material to help pharmacists who may have come out of retirement or haven&#8217;t worked on the front-line for a while. Shao is helping with this response, which is great.&#8217;<\/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","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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