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Sick before an exam at UOW? Get special consideration sorted.

A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate and the Medical Impact Statement UOW asks for, completed.

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If the doctor signs off, issued the day you're seen

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Real-time call. Medical statement. Verified online.
  • Real-time doctor consultation
  • AHPRA-registered doctors
  • Form and certificate included
  • Verification link
  • Issued the day you're seen
  • All Australian institutions

One flat fee at UOW.

UOW special consideration

$65.00AUD / consultation

The evidence UOW asks a doctor for, from one real-time call. For an exam, an assignment or an extension.

  • UOW's Medical Impact Statement, completed by the doctor, plus a medical certificate
  • A medical support letter
  • A real-time call with an AHPRA-registered doctor
  • A two-minute form and a preconsult call, so the doctor's call is short
  • Issued the day you're seen, if the doctor signs off

Issued only if the doctor finds it clinically appropriate. If the doctor completes your consult and decides a certificate isn't appropriate, the fee still applies. We refund it only when we can't deliver the consultation.

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Five things UOW checks. One call covers them.

What UOW looks for in your evidence, and how the consult answers it.

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Video or phone. AHPRA signed. Same-day consult.
  1. 01

    A video or phone consult

    Every Doccy consult is a real-time call with an AHPRA-registered doctor.

  2. 02

    That you couldn't sit or finish it

    The doctor records the assessment and the date it falls on.

  3. 03

    When you were seen, and for how long

    Dated the day of your call, covering the days the doctor confirms.

  4. 04

    Who signed it

    Registration and practice details printed, with a link UOW can verify.

  5. 05

    Lodged on time

    On or before the due date of the assessment, with documentation provided within three working days of that date. If the doctor signs off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

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Why UOW students choose Doccy for special consideration.

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From bed, today. AHPRA signed. 24/7 access.
  1. 01

    Seen from bed, the same day

    No waiting room. A doctor calls you, and if they sign off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

  2. 02

    The history is taken before the doctor calls

    A two-minute form and a preconsult call collect your dates and symptoms, so the doctor's call is short.

  3. 03

    Evidence UOW can check

    Signed by an AHPRA-registered doctor, with a verification link on every certificate.

  4. 04

    One price, shown before you start

    One flat fee for the consult and everything it issues. Nothing added at checkout.

Too unwell for an exam or assignment at UOW? Start here.

Your next step at UOW, and what to tell the doctor.

  1. 01

    My exam is today or tomorrow

    See a doctor before it starts and tell them the exam date.

  2. 02

    I've already missed my exam

    Tell UOW now, then see a doctor today.

  3. 03

    I'm too unwell to finish an assignment

    Tell the doctor the due date and when you fell ill.

  4. 04

    I became unwell during the exam

    Tell the invigilator at the time, then see a doctor the same day.

  5. 05

    UOW needs its own form

    The doctor completes the Medical Impact Statement on the call. Have your assessment details ready.

  6. 06

    I'm looking for an exam exemption

    UOW handles it through academic consideration.

From unwell to lodged at UOW

UOW's process, in the order it happens.

  1. 01

    See a doctor while unwell

    A real-time special consideration consult. Tell the doctor the exam or due date; the certificate covers those dates.

  2. 02

    Apply through Student Success Portal, with enquiries through AskUOW

    On or before the due date of the assessment, with documentation provided within three working days of that date.

  3. 03

    Attach your evidence

    The Medical Impact Statement completed by the doctor, plus the medical certificate.

  4. 04

    Keep the verification link

    UOW may contact the practice to confirm the consultation. The link on each document answers that.

UOW special consideration form and deadline

The doctor completes UOW's Medical Impact Statement on the call. You lodge it with your application.

UOW policies checked 23 October 2026

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Doctor form. Telehealth not mentioned. Verified online.
  1. 01

    The form

    Medical Impact Statement. The doctor completes it on the call.

  2. 02

    The deadline

    On or before the due date of the assessment, with documentation provided within three working days of that date. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.

  3. 03

    Telehealth

    Wollongong's academic consideration pages and the Student Academic Consideration Policy do not address telehealth. They require the Medical Impact Statement to be completed by a practitioner registered with AHPRA and to carry that registration number.

  4. 04

    What the certificate must state

    Your name, matching the name on your UOW record. The date the medical document was completed and signed.

  5. 05

    Rules that catch students out

    The Medical Impact Statement is completed by a medical practitioner registered with AHPRA. A certificate from a practitioner outside that register does not fit the form. The dates on the document have to line up with the request. A statement covering a period that does not include the assessment date will not support the application.

One consultation, three UOW outcomes

Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.

Academic consideration

Academic consideration is Wollongong's process for reducing the impact of short-term events beyond your control on an assessment. You apply through the Student Success Portal and supply supporting documentation.

Extension on an assessment task

Where the assessable item is not an exam, the usual outcome is more time. The Medical Impact Statement needs start and end dates that are consistent with the extension you are asking for, because the period the doctor certifies is what the request is measured against.

Enrolment variation

The same Medical Impact Statement supports an application to vary your enrolment where a medical illness, injury or adverse experience affected your physical or mental wellbeing. It is completed by an AHPRA-registered medical practitioner.

After you lodge at UOW

When the decision arrives, and what a no means.

How long UOW takes

Wollongong publishes no standard decision time. The outcome is sent to your SOLS mail.

If you have no outcome after five working days, contact the Academic Consideration Support Team through AskUOW.

If UOW says no

A declined application comes with the reasons. You may be offered a chance to discuss other options with the Head of Students.

You can request a formal review of the decision within 10 business days of being made aware of it, using the University's online form.

UOW special consideration FAQs

Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at UOW, from its published policy. How special consideration works at every university

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Does UOW accept online medical certificates?

Wollongong's published academic consideration material does not address telehealth. It requires the Medical Impact Statement to be completed by a medical practitioner registered with AHPRA, with the registration number, the date signed, and start and end dates consistent with the request. Silence on modality is not acceptance, so the form has to be complete.

What is UOW academic consideration?

Academic consideration is what Wollongong calls the process other universities call special consideration. It exists to minimise the impact of short-term events beyond your control on your assessment. You apply through the Student Success Portal with supporting documentation attached.

What is the UOW Medical Impact Statement?

It is the form a medical practitioner completes where illness or injury has affected your capacity to study. It must be completed by a practitioner registered with AHPRA and carries their registration number. It supports both academic consideration and enrolment variation applications.

What is the UOW academic consideration deadline?

Apply on or before the due date of the assessment. If your documentation is not ready, you still apply by the due date and provide it within three working days of that date. Wollongong can approve an exemption only where exceptional circumstances stopped you meeting the timeframe.

What does my medical certificate need to include for Wollongong?

Your name as it appears on your UOW record, the date the document was completed and signed, the practitioner's AHPRA registration number, the start and end dates your circumstances are covered for, and the severity of the condition and its impact on your ability to complete the assessment. Dates that do not match the assessment will undermine the request.

Unwell before a UOW assessment?

Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate and the Medical Impact Statement UOW asks for.

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Australian registered doctors. Real-time consultation. Verification link provided.

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