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Team Based Learning has been suggested to help students who seem disinterested in subject material, do not do their homework, and have difficult understanding material. Team based learning can transform traditional content with application and problem solving skills, while lending to developing interpersonal skills <ref name="isbn0-89789-863-X">{{cite book |author=edited by Larry K. Michaelsen, Arletta Bauman Knight, and L. Dee Fink |title=Team-based learning: a transformative use of small groups |publisher=Praeger |___location=New York |year=2002 |pages= |isbn=0-89789-863-X |oclc= |doi=}}</ref>.

Team based learning in education can also be important for developing many skills and abilities useful for many businesses, organizations, careers, and industries where many projects and tasks are performed by teams. Learning how to learn, work, interact, and collaborate in a team is essential for success in this kind of an environment<ref>Howard Hills (2001) Team Based Learning Gower Publishing Company ISBN 0-566-08364-7 </ref>.

Many of the medical schoolschools have adopted some version of Team Based Learning for several of the benefits listed above, and also for greater long-term knowledge retention. According to a study done by the Washington University School of Medicine, individuals who learned through an active team based learning curriculum had greater long-term knowledge retention compared to a traditional passive lecture curriculum. <ref>https://www.aamc.org/download/154730/data/rime_poster_109.pdf</ref>

==In the workplace==