Fine-tuning Llama 4 (Scout 17B 16E) in 4-bit Quantization for Medical Reasoning

This project fine-tunes the meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct model using a medical reasoning dataset (FreedomIntelligence/medical-o1-reasoning-SFT) with 4-bit quantization for memory-efficient training.


Setup

  1. Install the required libraries:
pip install -U datasets accelerate peft trl bitsandbytes
pip install transformers==4.51.0
pip install huggingface_hub[hf_xet]
  1. Authenticate with Hugging Face Hub:

Make sure your Hugging Face token is stored in an environment variable:

export HF_TOKEN=your_huggingface_token

The notebook will automatically log you in using this token.


How to Run

  1. Load the Model and Tokenizer
    The script downloads the Llama 4 Scout model and applies 4-bit quantization with BitsAndBytesConfig for efficient memory usage.

  2. Prepare the Dataset

    • The notebook uses FreedomIntelligence/medical-o1-reasoning-SFT (first 500 samples).
    • It formats each example into an instruction-following prompt with step-by-step chain-of-thought reasoning.
  3. Fine-tuning

    • Fine-tuning is set up with PEFT (LoRA / Adapter Tuning style) to modify a small subset of model parameters.
    • TRL (Transformer Reinforcement Learning) is used to fine-tune efficiently.
  4. Push Fine-tuned Model

    • After training, the fine-tuned model and tokenizer are pushed back to your Hugging Face account.

Here is the training notebook: Fine_tuning_llama_4

Model Configuration

  • Base Model: meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct
  • Quantization: 4-bit (NF4)
  • Training: PEFT + TRL
  • Dataset: 500 examples from medical reasoning dataset

Notes

  • GPU Required: Make sure you have access to 3X H200s. Get it from RunPod for an hours. Training took only 7 minutes.
  • Environment: The notebook expects an environment where NVIDIA CUDA drivers are available (nvidia-smi check is included).
  • Memory Efficiency: 4-bit loading greatly reduces memory footprint.

Example Prompt Format

Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. 
Write a response that appropriately completes the request. 
Before answering, think carefully about the question and create a step-by-step chain of thoughts to ensure a logical and accurate response.

### Instruction:
You are a medical expert with advanced knowledge in clinical reasoning, diagnostics, and treatment planning. 
Please answer the following medical question.

### Question:
<medical question>

### Response:
<think>
<chain of thought>
</think>
<final answer>

Usage Script (not-tested)

from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM, BitsAndBytesConfig
from peft import PeftModel
import torch

# Base model (original model from Meta)
base_model_id = "meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct"

# Your fine-tuned LoRA adapter repository
lora_adapter_id = "kingabzpro/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct-Medical-ChatBot"

# Load the model in 4-bit
bnb_config = BitsAndBytesConfig(
    load_in_4bit=True,
    bnb_4bit_use_double_quant=False,
    bnb_4bit_quant_type="nf4",
    bnb_4bit_compute_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
)

# Load base model
base_model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    base_model_id,
    device_map="auto",
    torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
    quantization_config=bnb_config,
    trust_remote_code=True,
)

# Attach the LoRA adapter
model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(
    base_model,
    lora_adapter_id,
    device_map="auto",
    trust_remote_code=True,
)

# Load tokenizer
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(base_model_id, trust_remote_code=True)

# Inference example
prompt = """Below is an instruction that describes a task, paired with an input that provides further context. 
Write a response that appropriately completes the request. 
Before answering, think carefully about the question and create a step-by-step chain of thoughts to ensure a logical and accurate response.

### Instruction:
You are a medical expert with advanced knowledge in clinical reasoning, diagnostics, and treatment planning. 
Please answer the following medical question.

### Question:
What is the initial management for a patient presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)?

### Response:
<think>
"""

inputs = tokenizer(prompt, return_tensors="pt").to(model.device)
outputs = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=500)
response = tokenizer.decode(outputs[0], skip_special_tokens=True)

print(response)


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