Charles Darwin University
A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate to attach to your CDU application.
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$52.00AUD / consultation
A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my CDU consultCDU's rules don't mention telehealth. A certificate is judged on what it states and who issued it.
Applications go through CDU eForms; Examinations and Timetabling Team for exams.
Assessment extensions within three working days after the due date; examination special consideration within five calendar days after the scheduled examination. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.
CDU asks for relevant supporting evidence such as a medical certificate, a letter from an employer, a statutory declaration or an accident report, and does not address telehealth or the modality of the consultation.
The date you were seen and the period the condition affected you. That the circumstances affected your performance in the assessment or examination.
CDU may ask you to clarify information or provide further evidence, so keep the original certificate and any verification link rather than only a screenshot. For an assessment extension, speak with your lecturer first. CDU directs students to the lecturer before the formal request for extensions and appeals.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at CDU, from its published policy.
Start my CDU consultLodge the request via CDU eForms with supporting evidence attached. For an examination, it goes to the Examinations and Timetabling Team within five calendar days after the scheduled exam. For an assessment extension, speak with your lecturer first and lodge within three working days of the due date.
CDU's guidance does not address telehealth or modality. It asks for relevant supporting evidence such as a medical certificate. If your circumstances are unusual, ask the Examinations and Timetabling Team before you rely on a particular certificate.
Five calendar days after the scheduled examination for exam-related requests. Assessment extension requests go in within three working days after the due date. Lodging late means explaining the delay as well.
CDU states that students receive an outcome in writing within three working days of submission. You may be asked to clarify information or provide additional evidence before the decision is made.
A medical certificate, a letter from an employer, a statutory declaration or a copy of an accident report, depending on the circumstances. The evidence must be relevant to the short-term or unforeseen circumstances you are relying on.
CDU's process, in the order it happens.
A real-time special consideration consult. Tell the doctor the exam or due date; the certificate covers those dates.
Assessment extensions within three working days after the due date; examination special consideration within five calendar days after the scheduled examination.
The medical certificate after a real-time doctor call.
CDU may contact the practice to confirm the consultation. The link on each document answers that.
What the certificate must state, and what gets it refused.
The date you were seen and the period the condition affected you. That the circumstances affected your performance in the assessment or examination. The practitioner's name, AHPRA registration and practice details. A signature and the date of issue.
CDU may ask you to clarify information or provide further evidence, so keep the original certificate and any verification link rather than only a screenshot. For an assessment extension, speak with your lecturer first. CDU directs students to the lecturer before the formal request for extensions and appeals. Short-term and unforeseen circumstances are the test. A condition you already knew about before the teaching period usually needs a different route. Outcomes are issued in writing within three working days of submission, so lodging early leaves room to supply anything further CDU asks for.
Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
An extension gives you more time on an assessment task affected by short-term circumstances outside your control. CDU asks you to speak with your lecturer first, then lodge the HE Assessment Extension Special Consideration request within three working days after the due date, with evidence attached.
This is CDU's equity measure where short-term or unforeseen circumstances affected your performance in an examination. Requests go in writing via eForms to the Examinations and Timetabling Team within five calendar days after the scheduled exam.
Where illness stops you sitting the exam at all rather than affecting your performance in it, the outcome sought is a deferred sit. The same supporting evidence applies, and it needs to show you were unfit on the scheduled exam day.
Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate CDU asks you to attach.
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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
