Avondale's evidence, from a doctor who actually assesses you.
Avondale's exam guidelines do not address telehealth or online certificates. They expect a letter or medical certificate from an accepted health professional, dated within 24 hours of the examination unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Start a Avondale consult opens on 19 September. We are finishing the doctor-completed forms for every university. Bookmark this page and come back then.
From 12.90 AUD, one-off. Issued on the day you are seen. Certificates carry a verification code.
Avondale at a glance
Every certificate links to a verification page showing the consultation record.
What Avondale asks for
Avondale has no practitioner section. The certificate carries the doctor's opinion, so what it states is what decides the outcome.
What the same evidence is for
Students search for these by name. Avondale treats them as one process with different outcomes.
If you cannot be present at the scheduled time for an examination because of extenuating circumstances, you can apply to sit it at a different time. Avondale asks for the application at least ten working days before the examination period begins, unless there are extenuating circumstances. This is the route for a known clash rather than a sudden illness.
Special consideration applies where serious circumstances outside your control happened during an examination and may have affected your performance. An acute medical issue is the common example, alongside problems in the exam environment such as an evacuation or power failure. The supporting certificate should be dated within 24 hours of the exam.
Special provisions are adjustments to the conditions you sit the exam under rather than a change of date. Avondale asks for the application within 24 hours of the onset of the circumstances. The certificate needs to describe the impact, not just the diagnosis.
Read the source
The pages students land on when they search this topic, as Avondale publishes them. Read these before you apply: they are the rules your evidence is judged against.
Avondale examination adjustments pageHow to apply at Avondale
See a doctor as close to the examination as you can. Avondale expects the certificate to be dated within 24 hours of the exam.
Download Avondale's Professional Practitioner Certificate from the Forms and Procedures page and take it to the consultation.
Have the practitioner describe the acute medical issue and its impact on your ability to sit or perform in the exam.
Complete the Examination Adjustments Application and attach the certificate.
Lodge at least ten working days before the examination period if you are asking for a rescheduled exam, or within 24 hours if you are claiming special consideration or special provisions.
What your certificate carries
Every Doccy certificate links to a verification page. This is what Avondale will see when it follows the QR code.
Consultation record
Multi-step telehealth process with voice pre-screening, doctor review, and ongoing patient communication.
The doctor reviews your details and the pre-screening notes, writes the impact statement in their own words, and can message you with questions before issuing.
Avondale questions
Answers reflect Avondale's published policy on 16 Sept 2026. Avondale decides what it accepts.
Avondale's exam guidelines do not address telehealth or online certificates. They expect a letter or medical certificate from an accepted health professional, dated within 24 hours of the examination unless there are exceptional circumstances. The dating rule is the part most likely to catch a late application.
It is the single form Avondale uses for rescheduled exams, special provisions and special consideration. You complete it and attach a letter or medical certificate. The form is on the Forms and Procedures page of the student site.
For a rescheduled examination, apply at least ten working days before the examination period begins unless there are extenuating circumstances. For special consideration or special provisions arising from an acute issue, apply within 24 hours, and the certificate should be dated within 24 hours of the exam.
It is the certificate template Avondale publishes for a practitioner to complete. Using it means the document carries the detail the University is looking for rather than a generic unfit-for-work note. It is available through the Avondale student site.
Yes, that is what special consideration is for: serious circumstances during the exam that may have affected your performance. But the supporting certificate should be dated within 24 hours of the examination unless there are exceptional circumstances, so see a doctor the same day rather than later in the week.
Other New South Wales universities
All universitiesVoice pre-screening, AHPRA-registered doctor review, and a certificate that states the dates and impact Avondale asks for.
Start a Avondale consult opens on 19 September. We are finishing the doctor-completed forms for every university. Bookmark this page and come back then.
Doccy is a telehealth service. Universities decide what evidence they accept. We issue what the doctor's assessment supports.
