Griffith University
A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate Griffith asks you to upload.
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A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my Griffith consultGriffith accepts telehealth certificates only from a real-time consultation. Every special consideration consult is one.
Applications go through myGriffith Student Centre.
Extensions before the assessment due date; deferred assessment no later than three working days after the assessment was scheduled. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.
Griffith requires a medical certificate obtained during a medical consultation, such as after speaking directly with a doctor, and it maintains a list of online doctor services it accepts when the certificate follows a telehealth or video consultation. A certificate produced without a consultation does not meet the requirement.
That it was issued during a medical consultation in which you spoke directly with a doctor. The date the practitioner saw you and the period your studies were affected.
Extensions of up to and including three calendar days on most individual assessment items do not need supporting documentation. Beyond three days, Griffith asks for evidence. An eligible request longer than three days can receive an interim three day approval while the Course Convenor reviews the full request, so apply early rather than waiting for the certificate to cover everything.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at Griffith, from its published policy.
Start my Griffith consultOnly in specific conditions. Griffith requires a certificate obtained during a medical consultation in which you spoke directly with a doctor, and it keeps a list of online doctor services it accepts for telehealth or video consultations. Check that list before booking, because a certificate from an unlisted service can be refused.
Use the Assessment Application page in myGriffith and lodge the deferred assessment request no later than three working days after the assessment was scheduled. Attach evidence that covers the scheduled date.
Not for a short one. Extensions of up to and including three calendar days on most individual assessment items do not require documentation. For a longer extension, attach a certificate and expect the Course Convenor to review the full period.
Three working days after the assessment was scheduled to take place. Some Griffith pages describe the window in calendar days, so treat the earliest reading as your deadline and lodge as soon as you can.
No. Griffith states that providing a certificate does not mean the request is automatically approved, and decisions take account of all the evidence about your circumstances. A certificate that names the dates and the impact gives the assessor what they need to decide.
Griffith'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.
Extensions before the assessment due date; deferred assessment no later than three working days after the assessment was scheduled.
The certificate after a real-time doctor call.
Griffith 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.
That it was issued during a medical consultation in which you spoke directly with a doctor. The date the practitioner saw you and the period your studies were affected. The practitioner's opinion on your fitness to sit the exam or complete the assessment. The practitioner's name, registration and practice contact details.
Extensions of up to and including three calendar days on most individual assessment items do not need supporting documentation. Beyond three days, Griffith asks for evidence. An eligible request longer than three days can receive an interim three day approval while the Course Convenor reviews the full request, so apply early rather than waiting for the certificate to cover everything. Providing a certificate does not mean the application is approved. Griffith decides on all the evidence about your circumstances. Check Griffith's current list of accepted online doctor services before you book, because a certificate from a service outside that list can be refused on modality alone.
Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
An extension moves the due date of an assessment item. Requests of up to three calendar days on most individual items go through without documentation.
A deferred assessment lets you sit an exam or complete a timed assessment at a later date because illness stopped you doing it when scheduled. Apply through myGriffith no later than three working days after the assessment was scheduled, and attach evidence covering that date.
Special consideration applies when you attempted the assessment but illness or another circumstance outside your control affected your performance. The certificate needs to show the impact on the day you sat, so see a doctor as close to the assessment as you can.
Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate Griffith asks you to upload.
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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
