Introduction
Healthcare professionals increasingly work with complex scenarios, where traits such as ambiguity tolerance, wonder, and intellectual humility may benefit future practitioners in their professional roles. Beyond academic outcomes, Team-Based Learning (TBL) may facilitate professional formation in these areas. This study examined baseline dispositions and TBL experiences among pharmacy students.

Methods
Students from three pharmacy cohorts at two campuses (Duluth and Twin Cities) completed a pre-survey measuring Capacity for Wonder (CfW), Tolerance for Ambiguity (TfA), Intellectual Humility (IH), and six TBL experience items using a 6-point agreement scale (n = 155 / 313). Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tested campus and year differences. Disposition-TBL associations used Spearman correlations with Benjamini-Hochberg false discovery rate adjustment within each TBL outcome. Regression models predicted each TBL item from CfW, TfA, and IH totals.

Results
Baseline TBL perceptions were favorable (means 4.2-5.2/6) with no significant year differences; Duluth students rated several TBL experiences higher than Twin Cities. After adjustment, CfW total was associated with enjoyment, sparked curiosity, overall positive experience, and comfort with ambiguity (rho = 0.215-0.341; q <= 0.0438). TfA total was associated with sparked curiosity, enjoyment, and considering others’ perspectives (rho = 0.211-0.295; q <= 0.0486). IH total was not associated with any outcome after adjustment. In regression models, CfW uniquely predicted enjoyment (beta = 0.262, p = 0.0024) and curiosity (beta = 0.301, p = 0.0004), and TfA uniquely predicted curiosity (beta = 0.226, p = 0.010); IH total did not contribute uniquely.

Conclusions
Wonder and ambiguity tolerance were the dispositions most consistently linked to TBL experiences, while humility total showed limited association. Students who enter TBL with greater curiosity and comfort with uncertainty tend to report a better TBL experience. These findings establish a baseline for planned post-survey analyses evaluating whether TBL exposure is associated with changes in TfA, CfW, and IH.