Cultural programming is a type of built in software that influences our views, ways of interpreting and processing data, and the manner in which we express our feelings and ideas. They are perceptions that are instilled in a person during childhood and they adapt them as they grow older. The most influential part of my own cultural programming is perceptions. This is because my professional and personal culture has an impact on the way I carry out my duties as a health care provider.
My cultural programming affects communication with others in various ways for instance: Firstly, I find it difficult to interact with patients from varied cultural backgrounds and value systems. Secondly, it has influenced my capability to carry out a cultural self-assessment. This implies that I should be in a position to evaluate myself, my relationships, and come up with a sense of our own cultural uniqueness. As a health care provider, I am in a position to understand my own cultural programming and the manner in which it shapes my communication, perception, and beliefs. This enables me to establish the way in which I can freely interact with people from different cultures. Cultural programming enables me to foresee barriers and reduce the negative impacts of cross-cultural differences. For instance, the unconscious responses towards patient may not be consistent with an individual’s conscious values and beliefs. Consequently, examining a personal cultural influence can result in a better understanding of one’s self and other. This is because some simple disparities can result in key misunderstandings. For instance, when one is looking forward to provide teaching for patients who are at home, there can only be effective communication if he/she understands the meaning of a family and family involvement to both the family and the patient.
Van Servellen, G. (2009). Communication skills for the health care professional (1st ed.). Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Programu ya utamaduni ni aina ya programu iliyojengwa ambayo huathiri maoni yetu, njia za kutafsiri na usindikaji wa data, na njia ambayo tunaelezea hisia na mawazo yetu. Hizi ni maoni ambayo huingizwa katika mtu wakati wa utoto na huzifanya zibadilike wanapokua. Sehemu yenye ushawishi mkubwa zaidi katika programu yangu ya kitamaduni ni maoni. Hii ni kwa sababu utamaduni wangu wa kitaaluma na binafsi una athari kwa jinsi ninavyofanya majukumu yangu kama mtoa huduma ya afya. "Mfano, ""Mipango ya kitamaduni"" huathiri mawasiliano na wengine kwa njia mbalimbali, kwa mfano, kwanza, mimi hupata ugumu wa kuingiliana na wagonjwa kutoka asili mbalimbali za kitamaduni na mifumo ya thamani." Pili, imeathiri uwezo wangu wa kufanya tathmini ya kibinafsi ya kitamaduni. Hii inamaanisha kwamba ni lazima niwe katika nafasi ya kujitathmini, mahusiano yangu, na kuja na hisia ya kipekee yetu wenyewe ya kitamaduni. Kama mtoa huduma ya afya, nina uwezo wa kuelewa programu yangu ya kitamaduni na jinsi inavyounda mawasiliano yangu, maoni, na imani. Hii inaniwezesha kuanzisha njia ambayo ninaweza kuingiliana kwa uhuru na watu kutoka tamaduni tofauti. Programu ya kitamaduni inaniwezesha kutabiri vizuizi na kupunguza athari mbaya za tofauti za kitamaduni. Kwa mfano, majibu ya ufahamu kuelekea mgonjwa yanaweza kutopatana na maadili na imani za mtu binafsi. Kwa hiyo, kuchunguza uvutano wa kitamaduni wa kibinafsi kunaweza kusababisha uelewa bora wa mtu mwenyewe na mwingine. Hii ni kwa sababu baadhi ya tofauti rahisi inaweza kusababisha misunderstandings muhimu. Kwa mfano, wakati mtu anatarajia kutoa mafundisho kwa wagonjwa ambao wako nyumbani, kunaweza kuwa na mawasiliano yenye ufanisi tu ikiwa anaelewa maana ya familia na ushiriki wa familia kwa familia na mgonjwa. Van Servellen, G. (2009) Ujuzi wa mawasiliano kwa wataalamu wa huduma za afya (Ed. ya kwanza). Sudbury, Massachusetts. Jones na Bartlett Publishers.