If you honestly think that using that time to take only neurology-centric courses rather than strengthening the breadth of your knowledge, then I will give up on this forum and never post again.
See, this kind of thing is called histrionics. But just to call your bluff, I
will say . . .
YES!!!! I HONESTLY THINK THAT USING THE TIME TO TAKE ONLY NEUROLOGY-CENTRIC COURSES RATHER THAN STRENGTHENING THE BREADTH OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE . . . . hey . . . wait a minute . . . you didn't even write a properly constructed sentence there . . . what the hell are they teaching you at Harvard anyway? Damn. Now I can't make you disappear.
I completely agree with your point that we should ideally be broadly educated, if for no other reason than to make sure we don't do something that's just incredibly stupid and kill someone. So, yeah, you should know how to recognize a PE or MI or cellulitis around one of those lines you put in. But let's face it, if someone is dead set on being a neurologist, the more they are exposed to it, the better. And as you get further and further away from med school, you'll find that #1) most of what you learned will become obsolete, and #2) if it's not really your primary area of interest or practice, you'll inevitably end up seeing less and less of it, and forget it anyway. Honestly, I doubt that you, as a neurologist, will be regularly perusing the derm or OB literature 10 or 20 years from now just to keep up on things. Whereas if you start focusing on "neuro-centric" stuff early on , you can grow with it over time.
And that reminds me . . . as a followup to the OP: I would strongly,
strongly advise you to do an elective in pain medicine, preferably one that exposes you to both interventional and noninterventional treatments. Pain is easily 50% of neurology practice, so get used to it.