About Jodi Fischer
Custom solutions for complex Medical Legal Cases in Vancouver and across Canada.
With over 30+ years of experience as an Occupational Therapist, Certified Life Care Planner, and Work Capacity Evaluator, Jodi brings clarity to challenging disability cases.
Jodi has assessed thousands of individuals and has extensive experience with court testimony. With over 20 years of experience as director and co-owner of an industry leading medical-legal consulting firm, she is well known as a highly skilled clinician who handles the most complex of cases involving chronic pain, multiple orthopaedic injuries, brain injury, and mental health conditions. Her expertise is wide ranging and involves personal injury and medical malpractice claims for adults and children, as well as family law, fatality claims, and elder care.
She takes a customized approach to every case, drawing on her large repertoire of skills and ability to pivot as needed and assess in the clinic, patient’s home, and community. The testing methodologies Jodi has developed and published are used by clinicians throughout North America. She promotes a best practices approach during her courses and speaking engagements, and in her Clinical Associate Professor role in the UBC Faculty of Medicine MOT program.
A combination of a big picture approach, focus on the unique nature of each case, and use of ecologically valid tests, allows Jodi to excel as a clinician, educator, and business owner.​
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What Jodi Fischer provides
For lawyers:
Expert opinion regarding function and disability through comprehensive evaluation.
For practicing clinicians:
Workshops and training for more efficient and comprehensive functional assessment and life care planning.

Notable Speaking Engagements at Medical, Rehab and Legal Conferences
IARP Annual Conference and 25th IALCP Symposium
Speaker on Life Care Planning and Barriers Identified by U.S. and Canadian Life Care Planners
CAOT Education Day
Speaking Topic: Taking the Stand: How to be a Valuable Expert Witness in the Functional Capacity Evaluation and Cost of Future Care Fields
Dr. Len Matheson’s EPIC Rehab International Clinical Research Consortium
Speaker on Life Care Planning following Brain Injury
Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators (CSME)
Keynote Speaker on The Critical Role of Life Care Planning in Medical-Legal Practice
CAOT National Conference
Research Presentation on the Challenges and Practice Issues Faced
by Canadian Life Care Planners
Continuing Legal Education Society of BC (CLE-BC) Personal Injury Conference
Speaker on Life Care Planning
Clinical Educator for Healthcare Professionals
Care Planning and Functional Assessment Course | 2024 - present
UBC Faculty of Medicine in Master of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (MOT) Program
Foundational principles of care planning and functional assessment across public and private OT practice.
Developed full course curriculum.
Life Care Planning Course | 2006 - 2023
UBC Faculty of Medicine in Master of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (MOT) Program
Developed full course curriculum. Taught annually at UBC.
Custom Life Care Planning and Functional Testing Course | 2022
Surrey Neuroplasticity Clinic
Designed specifically for their team of practicing clinicians.
Life Care Planning and Functional Testing Course | 2016 - present
Presented by Jodi Fischer Consulting
Developed and taught in Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Approved for CEU's by ICHCC, VRA Canada.
Life Care Planning Course | 2003 - 2015
Faculty Instructor for Matheson and Associates
Taught in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, Orlando, Las Vegas, and Reno.