Deakin University
A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate and the Medical Certificate Deakin asks for, completed.
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A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my Deakin consultDeakin accepts telehealth certificates. A certificate is judged on what it states and who issued it.
Applications go through StudentConnect.
Within three University working days after the assessment due date. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.
Deakin accepts telehealth medical certificates for special consideration. The certificate still has to be current, cover the relevant assessment date, and state the severity or impact on your ability to attempt or complete the task.
The severity of the impact, moderate or severe, on your ability to attempt or complete the assessment task. Whether you can or cannot complete the assessment.
Backdated certificates are not normally accepted, so see a practitioner while the illness is current rather than after the assessment has passed. Deakin's own certificate form is preferred but not mandatory. A certificate from any qualified health professional works provided it states the impact on your ability to complete the task.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at Deakin, from its published policy.
Start my Deakin consultYes. Deakin accepts telehealth medical certificates for special consideration. The certificate still needs to be current, cover the relevant assessment date, and state the severity or impact on your ability to attempt or complete the task.
Within three University working days after the assessment due date, lodged through StudentConnect with your evidence attached. A later application needs an explanation of why you could not apply in time.
It needs to state the severity or impact of the condition on your ability to attempt or complete the specific assessment, as moderate or severe, and whether you can or cannot complete it. It also needs the consultation date and the dates covered.
No. Deakin prefers its own Medical Certificate for Special Consideration in Assessment but does not require it. A certificate from any qualified health professional is accepted as long as it carries the impact statement Deakin asks for.
Not normally. Deakin states that backdated certificates will not usually be accepted and that certificates must be current and cover the relevant date. See a practitioner while the illness is affecting you rather than afterwards.
Deakin'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.
Within three University working days after the assessment due date.
Medical Certificate completed by the doctor, plus the medical certificate.
Deakin 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 severity of the impact, moderate or severe, on your ability to attempt or complete the assessment task. Whether you can or cannot complete the assessment. The date you were seen and the dates the condition covers, including the assessment date. Whether the condition is temporary and under three months, long term, or ongoing. The practitioner's AHPRA or AASW registration, practice details and signature.
Backdated certificates are not normally accepted, so see a practitioner while the illness is current rather than after the assessment has passed. Deakin's own certificate form is preferred but not mandatory. A certificate from any qualified health professional works provided it states the impact on your ability to complete the task. A certificate that only confirms you attended a consultation is not enough. The impact statement is the part Deakin assesses. The certificate must cover the relevant assessment or exam date, not simply the week around it.
Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
This is the main application when illness affects an assignment, test or exam. You lodge it through StudentConnect within three University working days of the due date with the medical certificate attached.
Where you need more time rather than an adjustment to marking, an extension is the simpler route. A dated certificate stating you could not complete the work on the due date supports the request and covers you if the illness runs longer than expected.
If illness stops you sitting an exam, special consideration can result in a deferred sitting. The certificate needs to show that you could not attempt the exam on the scheduled date, using Deakin's can or cannot complete wording.
Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate and the Medical Certificate Deakin asks for.
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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
