MDconsultants was approached by a large municipal organization to design a screening tool that appropriately identified applicants who did not meet provincially mandated medical standards for employment in a specific occupation.

Given a shortage of employees in the occupation of interest, the organization wished to design a tool that complied with provincial medical standards but was not overtly restrictive and did not screen out otherwise well qualified applicants. While the organization relied on a network of Independent Medical Examiners (IMEs) to complete its medical examinations, it did not have the expertise to update its outdated screening tools in line with updated provincial medical standards for employment.