Benjamin Vialle

Dr Benjamin Vialle grew up in Launceston, Tasmania. After completing medical school and the first stages of training in regional and rural Queensland, he was prompted to return to Tasmania when he started a family. 

With the support of the Tasmanian training program, the expanding Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and committed supervisors, Dr Vialle carved out a unique rural/regional Advanced Training experience in Launceston and became a child and adolescent psychiatrist in his hometown.

Dr Vialle says there is a wonderful ‘community’ feeling being a psychiatrist in the place where he grew up. Consulting with doctors he has known since he was a child, and with the schools he went to, Dr Vialle feels he is a real and present part of helping the community.

Dr Vialle also contributes to psychiatry training in Tasmania, and is very passionate about recruitment, retention and training in the region. Building local workforce and expanding training opportunities is a priority. Being involved in training and other RANZCP activities helps Dr Vialle remain connected to peers around Australia and New Zealand. He finds it helpful to keep a balance between ‘local’ and ‘big picture’. 

Locally, Dr Vialle has his service and local trainees. More broadly, prioritising gatherings like RANZCP Congress, and meeting with colleagues through peer review groups and College committees has been a great way to be a part of the larger psychiatric community.

The RANZCP Rural Champions initiative was funded by the Australian Government under the Psychiatry Workforce Program.