Queensland University of Technology
A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate and the Health Professional Assessment Form QUT asks for, completed.
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A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my QUT consultQUT's rules don't mention telehealth. A certificate is judged on what it states and who issued it.
Applications go through HiQ.
Lodge as early as possible, normally within three working days of the assessment due date or exam date; allow up to five working days for a decision. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.
QUT's concession page does not address telehealth or online certificates. What it does require is that the certificate makes clear the doctor thought you were unable to study, and the Health Professional Assessment Form asks the practitioner to state whether their opinion rests on their own assessment and records or only on what the patient reported.
That the practitioner considered you unfit for any assessment, partially fit so your load should be reduced, or able to study. The dates you were unfit from and until, or that the condition is ongoing, and the date it worsened.
A certificate that only repeats your own account of being unwell is weak evidence at QUT. The form asks the practitioner to separate what they assessed from what you reported. Upload a scan or clear photo of the document with the online application. QUT will not process an application until the documentation arrives, and can ask for the original.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at QUT, from its published policy.
Start my QUT consultQUT's published concession information does not address telehealth or online certificates. It asks that the certificate make clear the doctor thought you were unable to study, and its practitioner form asks whether the opinion rests on the doctor's own assessment or only on what you reported. A certificate that shows a genuine assessment meets that test.
Apply as early as possible, and normally within three working days of the exam date. A decision can take up to five working days, so lodging late leaves you waiting into the next assessment period.
Lodge the application through HiQ, choose the assessment item, and upload your supporting documentation with it. Applications are not processed until the documentation arrives, so attach the certificate at the time you apply.
It is the practitioner form QUT publishes for withdrawal without penalty. The health professional records whether you were unfit for all or part of your study, the dates involved, whether the condition is pre-existing or worsened, and the basis of their opinion. It is not the form for a routine extension.
No. QUT does not want the condition named unless you have permitted the practitioner to state it. What matters is the practitioner's assessment of your capacity to study and the dates it applies to.
QUT'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.
Lodge as early as possible, normally within three working days of the assessment due date or exam date; allow up to five working days for a decision.
Health Professional Assessment Form completed by the doctor, plus the medical certificate.
QUT 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 the practitioner considered you unfit for any assessment, partially fit so your load should be reduced, or able to study. The dates you were unfit from and until, or that the condition is ongoing, and the date it worsened. The basis of the practitioner's opinion: their own assessment and records, or what you reported to them. Whether the condition is pre-existing or an exacerbation of an existing condition. No diagnosis unless you have given the practitioner permission to name the condition.
A certificate that only repeats your own account of being unwell is weak evidence at QUT. The form asks the practitioner to separate what they assessed from what you reported. Upload a scan or clear photo of the document with the online application. QUT will not process an application until the documentation arrives, and can ask for the original. Lodge a separate application for each affected assessment item. The Health Professional Assessment Form belongs to withdrawal without penalty. For an extension or a deferred exam, a medical certificate that shows you were unable to study is what QUT asks for.
Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
An extension moves the due date of an assignment when illness stops you finishing it. Apply through HiQ and upload your certificate.
A deferred exam lets you sit the paper later when illness stops you sitting it at the scheduled time. Apply through HiQ, normally within three working days of the exam date, and attach a certificate that covers the exam day itself.
Special consideration applies when you sat the assessment or submitted the work but your performance was affected by illness or other circumstances outside your control. The certificate needs to show the impact on the day, not just that you saw a doctor at some point.
Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate and the Health Professional Assessment Form QUT asks for.
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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
