Murdoch University
A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate and the Application for Deferment of Final Exam (with Medical Certificate section) Murdoch asks for, completed.
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A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my Murdoch consultMurdoch's rules don't mention telehealth. A certificate is judged on what it states and who issued it.
Applications go through Email to deferred@murdoch.edu.au.
No later than three University Working Days after the date of your original exam. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.
Murdoch's deferred assessment guidance asks for current, independent supporting documentation that is directly applicable to the reason given and states the dates you were affected. It does not address telehealth or modality, but it does exclude pharmacists and requires a practice stamp.
The degree of impact: high, with the dates you were unfit from and to, or low, no or unable to assess, with the dates you were unwell. The consultation dates, with room for up to four.
Murdoch does not accept a medical certificate from a pharmacist. It must come from a medical practitioner or another accepted health professional. The stamp is mandatory, not optional. A stamp is the block showing the practitioner's name, registration, provider number, practice address and phone.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at Murdoch, from its published policy.
Start my Murdoch consultDownload the Application for Deferment of Final Exam, have the medical certificate section inside it completed and stamped by your practitioner, then email the application to deferred@murdoch.edu.au within three University Working Days of your original exam date.
Murdoch's guidance does not address telehealth either way. It does require current, independent documentation, a practice stamp, and a practitioner who is not a pharmacist. Check with the Exams Office if your circumstances are unusual.
Yes. Murdoch will not accept the form without a practice stamp. The stamp carries the practitioner's name, registration, provider number, practice address and phone, which is how Murdoch verifies the document.
Three University Working Days after the date of your original exam. Completed applications are then processed from Week 13 of the teaching period and the outcome is emailed to the address on MyInfo.
No. Murdoch's application states that medical statements or certificates from pharmacists are not accepted. The certificate must come from a medical practitioner or another health professional Murdoch accepts.
Murdoch'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.
No later than three University Working Days after the date of your original exam.
Application for Deferment of Final Exam (with Medical Certificate section) completed by the doctor, plus the medical certificate.
Murdoch 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 degree of impact: high, with the dates you were unfit from and to, or low, no or unable to assess, with the dates you were unwell. The consultation dates, with room for up to four. The practitioner's comments on the condition. A practice stamp. Murdoch will not accept the form without one.
Murdoch does not accept a medical certificate from a pharmacist. It must come from a medical practitioner or another accepted health professional. The stamp is mandatory, not optional. A stamp is the block showing the practitioner's name, registration, provider number, practice address and phone. Documentation must be current and independent, directly applicable to the reason you give, and must state the dates you were affected. Documents in another language must be officially translated and notarised.
Two outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
A deferred assessment lets you sit the final exam later when illness stops you attending the scheduled one. You complete the Application for Deferment of Final Exam and your doctor completes the medical certificate section inside it.
The same evidence supports deferring an in-semester assessment where illness stops you completing it. Talk to your unit coordinator about the task itself, and keep the certificate covering the exact dates you were unfit.
Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate and the Application for Deferment of Final Exam (with Medical Certificate section) Murdoch asks for.
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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
