Torrens University Australia
A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate to attach to your Torrens application.
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A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my Torrens consultTorrens's rules don't mention telehealth. A certificate is judged on what it states and who issued it.
Applications go through MyLearn Assignments, Extension Submission.
No less than three calendar days before the assessment is due, unless unavoidable delays can be demonstrated. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.
Torrens lists medical certificates and letters from registered practitioners among the acceptable documents, and does not address telehealth or the modality of the consultation. It does state that supporting documentation will not be accepted from a relative or personal friend.
That it comes from a registered practitioner, with their registration and practice details. The date you were seen and the period the condition affected you.
Torrens will not accept supporting documentation from a relative or a personal friend, however qualified they are. Extensions of 1 to 7 calendar days no longer need documentation, but they do need a detailed explanation. Do not assume no documentation means no scrutiny.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at Torrens, from its published policy.
Start my Torrens consultUse the Extension Submission option under Assignments in MyLearn. Extensions of 1 to 7 calendar days need a detailed explanation but no documentation. Extensions of 8 to 14 calendar days still require supporting documentation.
Torrens' guidance does not address telehealth or modality. It accepts medical certificates and letters from registered practitioners, and refuses documentation from a relative or personal friend. Ask your Learning Facilitator if you need the position confirmed.
Apply no less than three calendar days before the assessment is due, unless you can demonstrate an unavoidable delay. Leaving it to the due date makes the request harder to support.
It is the route for impacts running past 14 days, where an extension is not enough. Complete the Application for Assessment Special Consideration and send it with supporting documents to your Learning Facilitator.
Not strictly. Extensions of 1 to 7 calendar days no longer require supporting documentation, but they do require a detailed explanation. A dated certificate is the simplest way to evidence that explanation if you are asked.
Torrens'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 less than three calendar days before the assessment is due, unless unavoidable delays can be demonstrated.
The medical certificate after a real-time doctor call.
Torrens 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 comes from a registered practitioner, with their registration and practice details. The date you were seen and the period the condition affected you. That the condition affected your ability to complete the assessment by the due date. A signature and the date of issue.
Torrens will not accept supporting documentation from a relative or a personal friend, however qualified they are. Extensions of 1 to 7 calendar days no longer need documentation, but they do need a detailed explanation. Do not assume no documentation means no scrutiny. Documentation is required from 8 calendar days, and the Assessment Special Consideration Form applies past 14 days with documents to your Learning Facilitator. Apply at least three calendar days before the assessment is due unless you can demonstrate an unavoidable delay, so see a doctor as soon as you know you are affected.
Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
Short extensions are requested in MyLearn under Assignments, Extension Submission. Torrens no longer requires supporting documentation for these, but it does require a detailed explanation.
Extensions of 8 to 14 calendar days still require documentation and are submitted through the same Assignments section in MyLearn. A medical certificate or letter from a registered practitioner covering the period is the usual evidence.
Where the impact runs past 14 days, use the Assessment Special Consideration Form and send it with supporting documents to your Learning Facilitator. This is the route for a longer illness that an extension cannot reasonably cover.
Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate Torrens asks you to attach.
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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
