<p><em><strong>“I remember thinking, am I meant to be in this program? It took me a while to learn that my performance on a test does not define who I am. How can I grow from this instead of the failure being a stopping point?”</strong></em> Abby McEwan (second year iBioMed student, Health, Engineering Science and Entrepreneurship - HESE).</p> <p>This is just one of the many words of wisdom shared during this episode of Brainwaves. iBioMed students and Brainwaves co-hosts, Abby and John, chat with <a href="https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/ibiomed/news/colin-mcdonald-wins-prestigious-teaching-award" target="_blank">Dr. Colin McDonald</a> about how they've all grown from failure.&nbsp;Dr. McDonald is the Associate Director of iBioMed and Assistant Professor within the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He teaches the first-year iBioMed course <a href="https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/ibiomed/news/first-year-ibiomed-students-share-innovative-healthcare-solutions-1p10-design-expo" target="_blank">IBEHS 1P10</a> where students work in teams to develop solutions to real world healthcare problems.</p> <p>They each share their own personal story about challenges they've faced, how they grew from these challenges and what they learned.</p> <p>If you're learning from your own personal or academic challenges, this is the episode for you!</p> <p><em><strong>Want more iBioMed?</strong></em></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/macibiomed/">Visit us on </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/macibiomed/" target="_blank">Instagram</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MaciBioMed" target="_blank">Visit us on Facebook</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFu54PgzoKpZtyC5Tc9XbQg" target="_blank">Visit us on YouTube</a><br> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ibiomed-mcmaster-university/" target="_blank">Visit us on LinkedIn</a><br> <a href="https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/ibiomed" target="_blank">Visit our website</a></p> <p><br></p>