The Student Health Centre on Campus will no longer provide students with medical notes in the case of missed term work or exams.

The decision states that “requiring physician-signed excuse notes doesn’t make medical sense.” Illnesses are rarely identifiable after one visit, or, as is often the case with excuse notes, once the student feels better. Other cases, like bad hangovers, don’t warrant a doctor’s visit, since they are best treated with over-the-counter drugs, Doritos and Gatorade.

The other reason is that doctor’s notes are inconsistent with “student expectations and learning goals.” The university expects students to act like adults “rather than imply they are not to be trusted by asking a doctor to verify their illness.”

All that, and verifying illnesses wastes a huge chunk of physicians’ time.