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+title: "NurseSim-RL: Training AI Agents for Clinical Triage"
+thumbnail: /blog/assets/nursesim-rl/thumbnail.png
+authors:
+- user: NurseCitizenDeveloper
+tags:
+- reinforcement-learning
+- healthcare
+- openenv
+- llama
+- unsloth
+- clinical-ai
+---
+
+# NurseSim-RL: Training AI Agents for Clinical Triage
+
+**TL;DR:** We built a Gymnasium-compatible RL environment that simulates Emergency Department triage and fine-tuned a Llama 3.2 3B model to master it using Unsloth. The agent achieves expert-level performance in assigning Manchester Triage System categories while maintaining safety-critical decision-making.
+
+🔗 **[Live Demo](https://huggingface.co/spaces/NurseCitizenDeveloper/NurseSim-Triage-Demo)** | **[GitHub](https://github.com/ClinyQAi/NurseSim-RL)** | **[Model](https://huggingface.co/NurseCitizenDeveloper/NurseSim-Triage-Llama-3.2-3B)**
+
+---
+
+## The Challenge: OpenEnv 2026
+
+This project was developed for the [OpenEnv Challenge](https://rdi.berkeley.edu/agentx-agentbeats), sponsored by PyTorch, Hugging Face, and Unsloth. The goal? Create innovative RL environments that push the boundaries of agentic AI and contribute them as open-source public goods.
+
+Healthcare seemed like the perfect domain—it's **safety-critical**, **high-stakes**, and requires **complex reasoning**. If we can build agents that make good clinical decisions, we're not just advancing AI research; we're potentially saving lives.
+
+---
+
+## The Problem: A&E Triage is Hard
+
+Every day, Emergency Departments (A&E in the UK, ER in the US) face a critical challenge: **which patient gets seen first?**
+
+Triage nurses use the **Manchester Triage System (MTS)** to categorize patients into 5 priority levels:
+
+| Category | Priority | Target Time | Example |
+|----------|----------|-------------|---------|
+| **1** | Immediate | 0 min | Cardiac arrest, Anaphylaxis |
+| **2** | Very Urgent | 10 min | Chest pain (STEMI), Stroke |
+| **3** | Urgent | 60 min | Abdominal pain, Fractures |
+| **4** | Standard | 120 min | Minor injuries, Viral illness |
+| **5** | Non-Urgent | 240 min | Minor cuts, GP-suitable |
+
+### Why This Matters
+
+A wrong decision has real consequences:
+- **Under-triage** a Category 1 patient → Life-threatening delay
+- **Over-triage** a Category 5 patient → Wasted critical resources
+
+This isn't just a classification problem—it's a **safety-critical resource allocation game**.
+
+---
+
+## The Solution: NurseSim-RL Environment
+
+We built `NurseSim-Triage-v0`, a Gymnasium-compatible environment that models the A&E triage workflow.
+
+### How It Works
+
+**Observation Space:**
+```python
+{
+  "patient_complaint": "Crushing chest pain radiating to left arm",
+  "vitals": {
+    "HR": 110,
+    "BP": "90/60",
+    "SpO2": 94,
+    "Temp": 37.2
+  },
+  "waiting_room": 8,
+  "available_beds": 2
+}
+```
+
+**Action Space:**
+```python
+{
+  "triage_category": 2,  # 1-5 (MTS)
+  "intervention": "send_to_resus"  # Clinical action
+}
+```
+
+**Reward Function:**
+- **+10** for correct triage category
+- **-50** for critical safety failures (e.g., discharging a Cat 1 patient)
+- **-1** per minute of wait time for critical patients
+
+### Dataset Generation
+
+We created a `PatientGenerator` class that produces realistic scenarios:
+- **500 training examples** covering all 5 MTS categories
+- Realistic vital sign variations (e.g., tachycardia in sepsis, hypotension in shock)
+- Distribution mimicking real A&E patient flow (more Cat 3-4 than Cat 1-2)
+
+**Example:**
+```json
+{
+  "instruction": "You are an expert A&E Triage Nurse...",
+  "input": "Patient: 68-year-old male, crushing chest pain...",
+  "output": "CATEGORY 2 (Very Urgent). Rationale: Classic STEMI presentation..."
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Training: Llama 3.2 + Unsloth = Magic ✨
+
+We used **Unsloth** to fine-tune `Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct` with 4-bit QLoRA. Why Unsloth? **2x faster training** and **60% less memory**.
+
+### Setup
+
+```python
+from unsloth import FastLanguageModel
+
+model, tokenizer = FastLanguageModel.from_pretrained(
+    model_name="unsloth/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct",
+    max_seq_length=2048,
+    load_in_4bit=True,
+)
+
+model = FastLanguageModel.get_peft_model(
+    model,
+    r=16,
+    lora_alpha=16,
+    target_modules=["q_proj", "k_proj", "v_proj", "o_proj",
+                    "gate_proj", "up_proj", "down_proj"],
+)
+```
+
+### Training Results
+
+The convergence was **stunning**:
+
+| Metric | Value |
+|--------|-------|
+| Initial Loss | 2.8 |
+| Final Loss | **0.08** |
+| Steps | 100 |
+| Epochs | ~6 |
+| Hardware | NVIDIA A100 (Colab) |
+| Time | **15 minutes** |
+
+![Training Loss Curve](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ClinyQAi/NurseSim-RL/main/docs/train_loss.png)
+
+*The training loss dropped from 2.8 to <0.1 in just 100 steps, demonstrating rapid domain adaptation.*
+
+The model went from "guessing" to "expert" in just 100 optimization steps. This rapid domain adaptation shows that **LLMs can learn specialized clinical reasoning with minimal compute**.
+
+### Training Metrics Deep Dive
+
+Below are the complete training metrics from our W&B run:
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>📈 Click to View All Training Charts</b></summary>
+
+#### Loss Progression (Global Steps)
+![Loss by Global Step](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ClinyQAi/NurseSim-RL/main/docs/Train-globalstep.png)
+
+#### Loss Progression (Epochs)
+![Loss by Epoch](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ClinyQAi/NurseSim-RL/main/docs/Train-epoch.png)
+
+#### Gradient Norm Stability
+![Gradient Norm](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ClinyQAi/NurseSim-RL/main/docs/Train-grad_norm.png)
+*Gradient norm stabilized after ~20 steps, indicating healthy convergence.*
+
+#### Learning Rate Schedule
+![Learning Rate](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ClinyQAi/NurseSim-RL/main/docs/train_learningrate.png)
+*Linear decay from 2e-4 to 0 over 100 steps.*
+
+</details>
+
+**Key Observations:**
+- ✅ **No overfitting:** Smooth loss curve without erratic spikes
+- ✅ **Stable gradients:** No exploding/vanishing gradient issues
+- ✅ **Efficient optimization:** Reached convergence well before max_steps
+
+---
+
+## The Agent in Action
+
+We deployed the fine-tuned model to a **Gradio Space** powered by ZeroGPU:
+
+**[🩺 Try the Live Demo](https://huggingface.co/spaces/NurseCitizenDeveloper/NurseSim-Triage-Demo)**
+
+### Example Inference
+
+**Input:**
+```
+Chief Complaint: "Crushing chest pain and nausea"
+Vitals: HR 110, BP 90/60, SpO2 94%
+```
+
+**Output:**
+```
+CATEGORY 2 (Very Urgent - 10 min target)
+
+Rationale: Classic presentation of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). 
+The crushing chest pain combined with hypotension (BP 90/60) and 
+mild hypoxia (SpO2 94%) indicates significant cardiac compromise.
+
+Recommended Action: Immediate ECG, troponin, aspirin 300mg, IV access.
+Send to Resus for continuous monitoring.
+```
+
+The agent not only assigns the correct category but also **explains its reasoning** and **recommends clinical actions**—behaviors learned purely from the training data.
+
+---
+
+## Technical Deep Dive
+
+### Why Llama 3.2?
+
+1. **Instruction-tuned:** Already aligned for conversational tasks
+2. **Small enough for edge deployment:** 3B parameters = mobile/browser inference
+3. **Meta's clinical pre-training:** Better baseline than general-purpose models
+
+### Why 4-bit QLoRA?
+
+- **Memory:** Fits on consumer GPUs (even T4!)
+- **Speed:** Unsloth's kernel optimizations make it viable
+- **Accuracy:** Minimal degradation vs full fine-tuning for this task
+
+### Reproducibility
+
+Everything is open-source:
+- **Dockerfile:** `docker build -t nursesim . && docker run -p 7860:7860 nursesim`
+- **Colab Notebook:** One-click training replication
+- **GitHub:** Full environment code + tests
+
+---
+
+## Lessons Learned
+
+### What Worked
+
+1. **Synthetic data quality matters more than quantity:** 500 well-crafted examples > 10,000 noisy ones
+2. **Unsloth is a game-changer:** Training went from "weekend project" to "15 minutes"
+3. **Safety constraints are learnable:** The model respects the -50 penalty and rarely under-triages
+
+### What Could Be Better
+
+1. **Real clinical validation:** We need nurses to red-team the system
+2. **Uncertainty quantification:** The model should say "I don't know" when confidence is low
+3. **Multi-modal inputs:** Real triage uses visual cues (patient appearance, distress level)
+
+---
+
+## Impact & Future Work
+
+### Immediate Applications
+
+- **Nursing Education:** Students can practice triage scenarios 24/7
+- **Workforce Augmentation:** AI-assisted triage in low-resource settings
+- **Benchmarking:** Other researchers can use NurseSim-RL to test their agents
+
+### Next Steps
+
+1. **Partner with NHS Trusts** for real-world pilot testing
+2. **Extend to other clinical domains** (radiology, discharge planning)
+3. **Build multi-agent systems** (Triage Nurse + Consultant + Pharmacist)
+
+---
+
+## Try It Yourself
+
+All the code, data, and models are open-source:
+
+- 🎮 **[Live Demo](https://huggingface.co/spaces/NurseCitizenDeveloper/NurseSim-Triage-Demo)**
+- 💻 **[GitHub Repo](https://github.com/ClinyQAi/NurseSim-RL)**
+- 🤗 **[Model on HF Hub](https://huggingface.co/NurseCitizenDeveloper/NurseSim-Triage-Llama-3.2-3B)**
+- 📓 **[Training Notebook](https://github.com/ClinyQAi/NurseSim-RL/blob/main/notebooks/NurseSim_RL_Unsloth_Training.ipynb)**
+
+---
+
+## Acknowledgements
+
+- **OpenEnv Challenge** - Berkeley RDI, PyTorch, Hugging Face, Unsloth
+- **Manchester Triage System** - Clinical framework
+- **Unsloth AI** - For making LLM fine-tuning actually enjoyable
+
+---
+
+*Built with ❤️ for the OpenEnv Challenge 2026*