Know-How

The old English expression “The proof of the pudding is in the eating” means you can only judge what has been done through the experienced or demonstrated result.¹⁰ This is 100 percent true in the case of training and know-how transfer. What the OT does—all the words and activities delivered—comes down to a test or through concrete proof: Can the learner perform? Did know-how transfer take place in a verifiable manner? This chapter stresses that whatever effort you, as an OT, expend from sharing your know-how amounts to little if, for example, your roommate can’t remember how to make a bed with hospital corners like you showed her or your colleague ...