Chapter C · 8 pages · ~96 min
Local LLMs & Ollama
A practical, evidence-led chapter on local LLMs: mechanism, controls, tradeoffs, failure analysis, evaluation, and deployment decisions.
What you will be able to do
- Explain local LLMs with an accurate system boundary
- Trace evidence and decisions through a realistic an offline clinical note assistant
- Choose controls by quality, resource, and risk effects
- Evaluate alternatives with segmented metrics, hard gates, and a reversible response