Learning to make the best of it
As universities bore the brunt of pandemic safety protocols, with delayed semesters and online classes, homebound students discovered new interests, got inspired and found ways to grow, Cao Chen reports in Shanghai.
"If computers can accurately read and decipher human languages, they will bring smarter services to the world," he says.
Yu Su, a final year undergraduate in clinical medicine at Fudan, sought to add more color to eight months of online learning at home with her medical internship at a community hospital in September. During her stint, she was in charge of taking the temperatures of patients.
"It was simple work, but I realized all medics, including those doing the most repetitive and basic tasks, play a role in helping prevent and control the pandemic," says Yu, who has gained admission to a PhD program for immune and allergic skin diseases.
Yu also managed to learn some acting skills when she starred in a drama directed by the medical college of Fudan in October. In the show, which was themed around a group of Shanghai medics dispatched to aid Wuhan, Hubei province, during the pandemic, Yu played the role of a hospital nurse who took care of the elderly.
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