University of Wollongong
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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A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my UOW consultUOW's rules don't mention telehealth. A certificate is judged on what it states and who issued it.
Applications go through Student Success Portal, with enquiries through AskUOW.
Evidence no later than three working days after the due date of the assessable item. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.
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.
Your name, matching the name on your UOW record. The date the medical document was completed and signed.
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.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at UOW, from its published policy.
Start my UOW consultWollongong'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.
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.
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.
Evidence must be provided no later than three working days after the due date of the assessable item for the request to be considered. If you have not received an outcome after more than five working days, contact the Academic Consideration Support Team through AskUOW.
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 a statement from the treating doctor about the impact. Dates that do not match the assessment will undermine the request.
UOW'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.
Evidence no later than three working days after the due date of the assessable item.
Medical Impact Statement completed by the doctor, plus the medical certificate.
UOW 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.
Your name, matching the name on your UOW record. The date the medical document was completed and signed. The AHPRA registration number of the practitioner. The start and end dates the document covers, consistent with what you are requesting. A statement from the treating doctor on how your capacity to study was affected.
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. Provide the evidence no later than three working days after the due date of the assessable item. If more than five working days pass with no outcome, contact the Academic Consideration Support Team through AskUOW.
Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
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.
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.
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.
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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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
